Tag: Pushbacks
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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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More than 60 dead in boat accident: British merchant ship pushbacks survivors to Libya

According to the United Nations, more than 2,200 people have already drowned in the central Mediterranean this year. The Alarm Phone network criticises a “rescue gap”. At least 61 people drowned in a boat accident off the coast of Libya…
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With sousveillance against the watchers

Images from satellites and drones could support civilian rescue organisations in operations in the Mediterranean, and an app could help against pushbacks at land borders. But the technology is currently only helping in rudimentary ways at best. The Mediterranean Sea…
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More or less Frontex? Its FRO wants reinforced presence in EU problem states

Because of human rights violations, non-governmental organisations are demanding the withdrawal of Frontex from Greece. Their Fundamental Rights Officer, on the other hand, wants to increase the number of EU border guards deployed in the event of violations. Frontex should…