Tag: Border Surveillance

  • Demands from EU member states: Greece to upgrade borders with helicopters, drones, police dogs

    Demands from EU member states: Greece to upgrade borders with helicopters, drones, police dogs

    Following a review by other Schengen states, the Greek government is improving surveillance and control of its external borders, funded by EU funds. This could encourage pushbacks in violation of international law. European Union member states are likely to oblige…

  • Land, sea and air: EU Member States test drones for border surveillance

    Land, sea and air: EU Member States test drones for border surveillance

    In the ROBORDER security research project, border authorities and the military are testing various drones for controlling land and sea borders. They are supposed to operate in swarms. The border agency Frontex should benefit from the results. German companies are…

  • The contested Mediterranean

    The contested Mediterranean

    Private rescue organizations are put on the chain. In the middle of the standoff about the ship “Aquarius” Frontex starts the surveillance with drones and wants to give the coordinates of refugee boats to Libya. The Libyan coastguard becomes the…

  • The European Border Intelligence Service

    The European Border Intelligence Service

    With EUROSUR, the EU Commission has a powerful border surveillance system at its disposal. It brings together reconnaissance data from aircraft, drones and soon also aerostatic balloons. Based on the images, a Frontex unit then decides on further measures in…