"The European Commission has suggested creating a frontier corps of up to 1,200 people that could be deployed within 2-3 days' [notice]," the source told RIA Novosti.
According to the source, the rapid reaction border forces will be used in situations where a Shengen area member is unable to provide necessary border control to prevent the uncontrolled inflow of migrants.
On December 15, the European Commission will present proposals on establishing a corps of EU border guards and a coastguard service as well as recommendations on the resettlement of refugees currently in Turkey to the European Union.
The European Union is currently struggling to manage a massive refugee crisis, with hundreds of thousands of people fleeing conflict-torn countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
Over 1.2 million illegal border crossings have been detected by the EU border agency Frontex since the beginning of 2015.