Tag: Greece

  • Frontex Aerial Service: Reconnaissance for the so-called Libyan coast guard

    Frontex Aerial Service: Reconnaissance for the so-called Libyan coast guard

    The EU Border Agency charters private aircraft to monitor the EU’s external borders. First Italy and Croatia have ordered the flights, now Frontex also flies in the Aegean Sea, above the Black Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The service will…

  • No Israeli drones fly for Frontex after crash

    No Israeli drones fly for Frontex after crash

    Several Member States use EU services for unmanned maritime surveillance of different sizes. Operations for Frontex were stopped since January. The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) and Frontex will not use Israeli drones to monitor the external borders of the…

  • North and Baltic Sea: German authority orders EU drone surveillance

    North and Baltic Sea: German authority orders EU drone surveillance

    In several projects, the German Federal Police is testing drones in maritime environments. So far, the unmanned aircrafts have to fly in restricted areas, but soon they could be integrated into civil airspace. The Ministry of Transportation, which responsible for…

  • Corona and the situation of refugees in Germany

    Corona and the situation of refugees in Germany

    Restrictions on movement and contact, border closures, travel bans – the Covid 19 pandemic also means considerable limitations on civil liberties and fundamental rights in Germany. Many measures, however, particularly affect refugees. On 16 March the European Union closed its…