Tag: Drones
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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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Armed drones in Rojava: Activists support Kurdish units with donations for unmanned systems

For a long time, the Turkish military held air supremacy in Kurdistan with drones. However, more and more systems are being shot down. Now Kurdish militias are arming themselves. Activists from the USA, Europe, and Rojava are helping. As the…
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Border surveillance and control: EU has invested 3.5 billion in anti-migration research

With significant involvement from Frontex, the EU Commission has funded more than 800 migration-related security research projects over the past 17 years. The aim is to bring the external borders up to the latest technological standards. Since 2007, the European…
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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…