Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Themis

  • Frontex aircraft: Below the radar against international law

    Frontex aircraft: Below the radar against international law

    For three years, Frontex has been chartering small aircraft for the surveillance of the EU’s external borders. First Italy was thus supported, then Croatia followed. Frontex keeps the planes details secret, and the companies also switch off the transponders for…

  • Frontex wants to disembark refugees in Senegal

    Frontex wants to disembark refugees in Senegal

    “Hera” is the only Frontex maritime mission on the territory of a third country. A new agreement might extend this joint border surveillance The EU border agency Frontex wants to bring back refugees picked up in the Atlantic Ocean to…