Ms Emily O'Reilly:

Frontex has always been co-operative. We have also looked at its transparency, along with the slightly complicated and difficult way for people to get records or documents from it. In general, however, when we go to it, it assists. The agency is obliged to.

The real power of the office is not in our recommendations, as they are not binding, but in that we can inspect any document we need to see. We have greater powers than the European Parliament in that respect. We can demand to see and get any document, no matter how confidential or secret it is. It does not mean that we can publish them. However, when people get our analyses and reports, they know they are founded on all of the facts.