Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: European Convention on Human Rights

  • More than 60 dead in boat accident: British merchant ship pushbacks survivors to Libya

    More than 60 dead in boat accident: British merchant ship pushbacks survivors to Libya

    According to the United Nations, more than 2,200 people have already drowned in the central Mediterranean this year. The Alarm Phone network criticises a “rescue gap”. At least 61 people drowned in a boat accident off the coast of Libya…

  • Brexit agreement: Close EU police cooperation with the UK continues

    Brexit agreement: Close EU police cooperation with the UK continues

    British authorities retain access to the EU-wide exchange of PNR data and are allowed to query biometric records in EU member states. Additional agreements regulate close cooperation with Europol and the rapid extradition of wanted persons. However, the UK must…

  • Does Frontex arrange illegal push backs?

    Does Frontex arrange illegal push backs?

    The EU Border Agency’s air surveillance could have triggered unlawful deportations at external borders. Such operations took place off Libya and Bosnia-Herzegovina. For two years now, the Frontex Border Agency has been offering EU Member States the possibility of airborne…

  • EU Military in the Mediterranean: Mission accomplished

    EU Military in the Mediterranean: Mission accomplished

    EUNAVFOR MED and Frontex now fly for Libyan Coast Guard The European Union only wants to observe sea rescue operations off Libya from the air and no longer send its own ships. The warships involved in the EUNAVFOR MED military…