Tag: Frontex
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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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New dimension in border surveillance: Frontex wants to send millions in technology into the stratosphere

The EU border agency wants to close a “gap” between aircraft and satellites with high-flying platforms. Spain is already using the technology against migration over the Atlantic. A test flight over the Mediterranean will take place this summer. Frontex wants…
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EU civil protection for sea rescue: Organisations want to deploy Brussels mechanism in the Mediterranean

A dozen organisations are proposing an EU-led rescue programme in the Mediterranean. The Left Party in the Bundestag had already campaigned for this in 2020. However, there is one obstacle. On the occasion of the vote on the new EU…
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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…