Tag: Migration
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Frontex wants to send surveillance planes to the Atlantic and negotiates with Cape Verde on operations off West Africa
The EU border agency Frontex wants to extend its surveillance flights to the Atlantic. This would be a milestone in the externalisation of European migration defence. According to Frontex, it is holding talks with the Cape Verde authorities about possible…
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Riace to lose its mayor: Mimmo Lucano announces resistance to judgement – and would give up seat in EU Parliament
The Europe-wide known architect of a solidarity-based refugee model in Italy is to be deposed. Right-wing extremist Matteo Salvini was one of the people behind the move. However, there is a last chance. Domenico ‘Mimmo’ Lucano is perhaps best known…
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Freedom for Marjan Jamali: Iranian refugee in Italy acquitted of charges of migrant smuggling
Marjan Jamali was deprived of her liberty for 598 days and was even separated from her child for seven months. She experienced particular solidarity in a political mountain village in Calabria. On Monday, the criminal court in Locri in southern…
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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…