Tag: Warsaw
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Frontex launches aerial surveillance in West Africa – its fundamental rights officer raises concerns
Frontex has agreed with Cape Verdean authorities to station aircraft to detect boats heading for the Canary Islands. Agreements with other governments in West Africa had failed. The EU border agency Frontex announced on Friday that it will in future…
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Frontex Director calls for “gender-sensitive borders” and now explains the concept
Hans Leijtens wants more female employees in EU border troops and “women-sensitive” camps at the external borders. The concept is also being criticised. “At Frontex, we are committed to promoting gender-balanced and gender-sensitive borders”, explained Hans Leijtens, the new director…
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Anti-Antifa from German Bundestag: MP assistant says to run right-wing “manhunt platform”
As an assistant to an AfD MP, Mario Müller fights German anti-fascists at home and abroad. He boasted about his alleged successes at the „Düsseldorf Forum“, where influential right-wingers met in secret. Accordingly, Müller also played a role in the…
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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…