Tag: Coast Guard
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Brussels plans sanctions regime against “migrant smuggling” with listing for “threat to EU security”
The EU Commission is working with the Council on a new sanctions regime against “migrant smuggling”. Who is to be listed as a “smuggler” and what protective mechanisms apply remains open. The European External Action Service (EEAS) has, together with…
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Frontex withholds details about people in distress – while this data apparently goes to coast guards in Libya
The EU border agency only passes on limited information about refugee boats in distress at sea to ships in the vicinity, so that the people are picked up by Libya’s coast guard. This is indicated by data from Sea-Watch. The…
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EU doubles pullback system in Libya: Renegade Benghazi to receive control centre and coastguard equipment
Control centre and surveillance tower: the EU is copying its backdoor model from western Libya to the east. Notorious militias are to intercept refugees on a new route to Crete. Following a landmark ruling by the European Court of Human…
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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…