Rights group urges EU border agency to facilitate timely rescue by aerial surveillance

Rights group urges EU border agency to facilitate timely rescue by aerial surveillance

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Monday on the EU’s border agency, Frontex, to use aerial surveillance not only to detect and monitor migrant vessels in distress but also to facilitate timely rescues in the Central Mediterranean. The appeal follows a meeting between HRW representatives and Frontex Executive Director Hans Leijtens earlier in April, during which HRW delivered a petition signed by nearly 18,000 people across the EU. The petition, pa…

Demonstration in Brussels calls attention to EU’s migration policy impact on human rights

“This Pact kills solidarity. This Pact kills rights. This Pact kills people” was the message that Abolish Frontex Belgium and other human rights activists shouted during their demonstration at place du Luxembourg in front of the European Parliament in Brussels on 10 April 2025.   One year ago, on 10 April 2024, the European Parliament adopted the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, despite criticism from human rights organisations that it violates …

EU Border Agency Must Use Aerial Surveillance to Save Lives: HRW

The EU’s border and coast guard agency Frontex must use its aerial surveillance capabilities to prevent refugee deaths in the Mediterranean Sea, Human Rights Watch said on Monday.