Security Architectures in the EU

Schlagwort: Coast Guard

  • Secret border surveillance: Italy drastically restricts freedom of information

    Secret border surveillance: Italy drastically restricts freedom of information

    Italian media no longer receive information about their country’s cooperation with the Libyan coast guard. Whether many millions of euros for equipment have been wasted there can now hardly be clarified. It also makes the EU border agency Frontex more opaque. The Italian government has drastically restricted the right of access to administrative documents. In […]

  • EU agency awaits requests for new maritime rescue drone

    EU agency awaits requests for new maritime rescue drone

    The Maritime Safety Agency EMSA has signed a four-year contract for new drone flights. But operational locations are still unclear because required flight permits and approvals are causing problems. The European Union’s seas are increasingly becoming testing tracks for drone surveillance. The border agency Frontex has been monitoring the Libyan sea rescue zone for a […]

  • EU Commission continues to upgrade surveillance in Libya – and worries about its reputation

    EU Commission continues to upgrade surveillance in Libya – and worries about its reputation

    The EU is using development aid funds to finance a deployable radar system for the Libyan coast guard. The force, known for its brutality, wants to use it to detect refugees crossing to Europe. Then they will be intercepted by three new patrol boats. Since 2017, the European Union has been investing in increased surveillance […]

  • WhatsApp to Libya: How Frontex uses a trick to circumvent international law

    WhatsApp to Libya: How Frontex uses a trick to circumvent international law

    The EU is not allowed to return refugees to countries where they face persecution. In 2017, the Commission therefore set up a backdoor for refoulement to North Africa. Published text messages now reveal how Frontex is providing aerial reconnaissance for the Libyan coast guard. Four years ago, Frontex began setting up its aerial surveillance over […]