Revitalizing the EU's Rafah Border Mission: A Renewed Focus

Reviving the EU's Border Assistance Mission for Rafah (EUBAM) will take some time, according to Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg. Founded in 2005, the mission has been dormant for years. Schallenberg emphasized the desire for the Rafah crossing to reopen, marking a renewed focus on the initiative.

Reviving the EU's Border Assistance Mission for Rafah known as EUBAM will take some time, Austria's Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg said on Monday, telling journalists the mission initially founded in 2005 had been "hibernating" over the last years.

"What we want is for the Rafah crossing to open again", Schallenberg said.