Tag: Aerial Surveillance
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Frontex launches aerial surveillance in West Africa – its fundamental rights officer raises concerns
Frontex has agreed with Cape Verdean authorities to station aircraft to detect boats heading for the Canary Islands. Agreements with other governments in West Africa had failed. The EU border agency Frontex announced on Friday that it will in future…
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Frontex significantly expands drone operations: Number of flight hours increases by 50 per cent
The EU border agency is spending another quarter of a billion on Israeli long-range drones. This unmanned aerial surveillance is being expanded with expensive high-flying technology. The EU border agency Frontex has significantly expanded its drone surveillance for migration control…
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Frontex spends half a billion on aerial surveillance, new research shows more involvement in pullbacks
On the 20th anniversary of the founding of Frontex, new details about its complicity with the Libyan Coast Guard have come to light. Activists and lawyers are protesting and taking legal action. The European border agency Frontex has invested over…
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Frontex expands aerial surveillance: More deployments of planes, drones and surveillance satellites
The EU border agency is increasingly passing on the coordinates of refugee boats to neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean. This also includes the Coast Guard in Libya. A whistleblower now reports on these incidents. Frontex is monitoring the Mediterranean and…