Tag: MRCC
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Frontex expands aerial surveillance: More deployments of planes, drones and surveillance satellites

The EU border agency is increasingly passing on the coordinates of refugee boats to neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean. This also includes the Coast Guard in Libya. A whistleblower now reports on these incidents. Frontex is monitoring the Mediterranean and…
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Italy wants to stop counter-surveillance across the Mediterranean, but Sea-Watch defies the ban

In 2017, the EU Commission created a backdoor for pushbacks to Libya. In the same year, Sea-Watch began monitoring these human rights violations from the air. This should now come to an end, according to an authority of the far-right…
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Fewer boat crossings, visit to Frontex: EU and Tunisia implement migration pact

Despite an alleged repayment of funds for migration defence, Tunisia is cooperating with the EU. Fewer refugees are also arriving across the Mediterranean – a decrease by a factor of seven. In June, the EU Commission signed an agreement on…
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Six people drowned in the English Channel: Last week was this year’s peak of crossings

Rescue operations in the English Channel are said to have been swift after Saturday’s accident. However, because of another case, the trial of seven members of the responsible control center in northern France will begin soon. At least six people…