Matthias Monroy

Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Rome

  • Rome on collision course: Instead of Libyan coast guard, sea rescuers are punished again

    Rome on collision course: Instead of Libyan coast guard, sea rescuers are punished again

    Italy has sanctioned the ship “Sea-Eye 4” for disobeying instructions from the Libyan coast guard. Both countries are thus violating international law. For the third time, Italian authorities have imposed a fine and a 20-day administrative detention on the “Sea-Eye 4”. The association from Regensburg, which operates the rescue ship, is again to pay €3,000. […]

  • „European Return Centre“: How Frontex oils the EU deportation machine

    „European Return Centre“: How Frontex oils the EU deportation machine

    Rejected asylum seekers are to be returned to their country of origin with “restraint techniques” and in a climate-neutral way. Part of the EU’s migration policy is to return rejected asylum seekers to their countries of origin or to other third countries outside Europe. Frontex is to provide more support to the member states for […]

  • EU funds the sacking of rescue ships in the Mediterranean

    EU funds the sacking of rescue ships in the Mediterranean

    The European Union has mandated Italy to set up several maritime control centres in Libya. The Coast Guard and Maritime Police will be linked to European surveillance systems, the authorities will communicate directly with Frontex. The project costs 46 million euros and starts in July. But the Libyan Coast Guard has since long been connected […]