Tag: Italy
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Following the “Iuventa” script: Right-wing campaign in Italy, France and Germany against “Sea-Watch 5”
Right-wing conservative media were leaked a Frontex video showing a Sea-Watch crew rescuing 90 migrants, as five masked men on board the small boat sped off back to Libya. The images are now being used to stir up sentiment against…
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Suppressed summit protests 2001: Heavy repression against activists in Gothenburg and Genoa, but no police officer served a sentence
With protests across Europe, international left-wing radicals wanted to build on Seattle and Prague in 2001. In Genoa this escalated into unprecedented police violence Buoyed by the momentum of the large and militant protests against the WTO summit in Seattle…
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Frontex hires US military surveillance firm to help EU states and Libya in intercepting migrant boats in the Mediterranean
Flight tracking has revealed that Metrea, a firm tied to the US military and secret services, flies surveillance missions for Frontex under a €14.5 million contract. This is prompting criticism over transparency and the militarisation of EU borders. Metrea, a…
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18% more searches in Europe’s largest criminal database: Automated licence plate scans and passenger data drive numbers up
In the Schengen Information System, the number of searches conducted by member state authorities, Europol and Frontex rose in 2025 to nearly 17.8 billion. At the same time, the number of person-related alerts has doubled since 2022, approaching the 2…