Tag: Libya

  • After EU recommendation: Frontex drone allowed to fly in civilian airspace in Greece

    After EU recommendation: Frontex drone allowed to fly in civilian airspace in Greece

    Two Israeli arms companies are offering their long-range drones in Europe for border surveillance. In addition to the military in Switzerland, the Greek coast guard is also carrying out corresponding missions. For more than a year, the EU border agency…

  • LeaveNoOneBehind project: An app for the right to asylum

    LeaveNoOneBehind project: An app for the right to asylum

    The project “Claim Asylum EU” aims to help people seeking protection in the European Union. This is necessary because the border authorities at the EU’s external borders are breaking international law on a massive scale. In the 1951 Geneva Convention…

  • Connecting Europol and Interpol: EU provides more surveillance in Libya

    Connecting Europol and Interpol: EU provides more surveillance in Libya

    The EU mission EUBAM, which was actually set up to support border management, is building up a counter-terrorism “analysis unit”. This includes equipping it with analytical software. The European Union wants to support the government in Libya in building up…

  • Sea rescue off Libya: Flight bans by Tripoli violate international law

    Sea rescue off Libya: Flight bans by Tripoli violate international law

    The Scientific Services of the German Bundestag consider it against two international conventions that Libya prohibits a private rescue organisation from flying over high seas. The Berlin government agrees, but does not change the problem. Therefore, the International Civil Aviation…