Frontex drones helped Libya and Tunisia forcibly return at least 33,000 people in the central Mediterranean
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The Liminal laboratory, a research collective that documents violence at the borders and the effects of migration policies, concludes that the European agency plays a crucial role in the illegal interception and refoulement of migrants in the Mediterranean.
Frontex drones helped Libya and Tunisia forcibly return at least 33,000 people in the central Mediterranean
The EU's border agency Frontex is instrumental in helping Libya and Tunisia intercept migrants in distress. A new study reveals the extent of those Frontex-assisted interceptions, totalling some 33,000 between 2016 and 2024.
by Giansandro Merli* From the University of Bologna the first systematic study on aerial surveillance of the EU agency. Airplanes and drones provide much information without implying the duty of rescue Thirty-three thousand people are ...
If you do not read this message correctly, click here "What emerges from the investigation carried out by the Liminal research laboratory, with the collaboration of IrpiMedia, is worrying. Since Frontex began to carry out aerial surveillance in the Central Mediterranean in 2017, the funds have risen 2650% in ten years, from 12 million in 2018 to [...] The article Road (Pd): alarming investigation, shed light on use Frontex funds for drones and E…
Lifting of the Liminal project, financed by the European Union, points out that aerial surveillance of the border agency contributed to more than 33 thousand forced returns between the end of 2018 and 2024.
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