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Europe Continues to Strengthen Border Security

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) agreed on Monday to increase border control by gradually adding 10,000 new border and coast guards, more efficient return procedures and strengthened...

migration , security , border , Europe , Frontex , LIBE
February 15, 2019 • LibertiesEU
Poland Comes Out Against EU Border Guard Plan

Poland and the Czech Republic are pushing back on EU plans to create a new border force with 10,000 additional guards. The new body would be under the control of Frontex, the EU border agency. But both Polish Prime...

border , Frontex , Poland , Czech Republic
October 17, 2018 • LibertiesEU
EU to Deploy 10,000 Additional Border Guards

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said on Wednesday in his annual state of the union speech that the European Union plans to add 10,000 additional border guards by 2020 to tackle unlawful migration....

Frontex , migration , asylum seekeers , border , European Union , Jean-Claude Juncker
September 13, 2018 • LibertiesEU
Frontex Steps Up Efforts to ID 'Foreign Fighters'

The EU border agency Frontex is stepping up intelligence gathering of migrants pulled from the Mediterranean in an effort to identify terrorist suspects and criminals. On 1 February, Frontex launched its Themis...

migrants , Frontex , terrorism , refugees , Mediterranean
February 02, 2018 • LibertiesEU
NGOs Face a Witch Hunt Over Their Life-Saving Work in the Mediterranean

Accused by public figures and media outlets of colluding with human traffickers, NGOs operating in the Mediterranean are now forced to justify what they do.

Italy , Mediterranean , Libya , Médecins sans frontières , Frontex , NATO , NGOs
May 19, 2017 • Italian Coalition for Civil Liberties and Rights
Frontex: NGO Rescuers Help Libyan Smugglers' Profits

Criminal smuggling gangs from Libya make bigger profits because NGOs and other organizations save people form drowning off Libya's, concludes the EU border agency Frontex. In a 64-page report, the agency writes that...

asylum , NGO , rescue , mediterranian sea , Lybia , Frontex
February 16, 2017 • LibertiesEU
Frontex: 10 Measures That Put Fundamental Rights at Risk

Member organizations of the Frontexit campaign, including the Belgian League of Human Rights, alert the authorities and the public on the dangers of reinforcing the European agency Frontex.

migration , Europe , Frontex , League of Human Rights , border crossing , refugees , asylum seekers , EU , Fortress Europe , hot spots
December 31, 2015 • Belgian League of Human Rights
Put Rejected Asylum Seekers in Prison, Says Frontex Chief

Fabrice Leggeri, the head of the European Union's border agency Frontex, has come up with a quite remarkable suggestion. For the coming months he's expecting a further increase in the number of asylum seekers coming...

Frontex , Fabrice Leggeri , prison , migrants , fortune-seekers , detention , locking up
November 13, 2015 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
Immigrants Entering Europe Almost Tripled in 2014

Around 280,000 migrants entered the EU in 2014, compared to just over 100,000 in the previous year. "The reasons for the dramatic increase in migration are many: the dramatic situation in Syria, Eritrea, South...

Europe , Frontex , migrants , Syria , Eritrea , South Sudan , Congo , Iraq , Lybia , refugees
March 12, 2015 • Nederlands Juristen Comité voor de Mensenrechten
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