Tag: Frontex
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„European Return Centre“: How Frontex oils the EU deportation machine
Rejected asylum seekers are to be returned to their country of origin with “restraint techniques” and in a climate-neutral way. Part of the EU’s migration policy is to return rejected asylum seekers to their countries of origin or to other…
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EU migration policy in Niger: Mission accomplished
New study proves deadly impact of European migration regime in the Sahara Responsible for the deaths in the Mediterranean is the European Union’s asylum and migration policy, which requires that asylum applications can only be made in one of its…
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Crotone shipwreck discovered by Frontex with high-tech to locate phones of refugees
On behalf of the EU border agency, private service providers are monitoring the Mediterranean Sea with planes and drones. Frontex and Airbus give different information about the surveillance technology on board. The refugee boat that sank off the southern Italian…
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With sousveillance against the watchers
Images from satellites and drones could support civilian rescue organisations in operations in the Mediterranean, and an app could help against pushbacks at land borders. But the technology is currently only helping in rudimentary ways at best. The Mediterranean Sea…