Insights into Frontex’ ongoing and unpunished aerial complicity in human rights violations in the Central Mediterranean Sea – Spring 2024 In its daily work in the Central Mediterranean, Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, primarily aims to hinder people from arriving in Europe, no matter the costs. In order to do so,…
DetailsThe Italian aviation authority ENAC is attempting to prevent the documentation of human rights violations in the Mediterranean. On Monday, the authority published an order banning the use of NGO aircraft over the Mediterranean. Sea-Watch is nevertheless continuing its monitoring flights and took off from Lampedusa airport shortly after 1 p.m. today. March 2024:…
DetailsDownload Full Report This factsheet outlines a summary of the distress cases witnessed January – March 2024 by Airborne with Seabird 1 and Seabird 2.1 In January – March we conducted 40 operations, with a total flight time of 205 hours and 38 minutes. We spotted around 2.755 persons in distress aboard 47 different…
DetailsToday, Wednesday, the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg ruled in the Sea-Watch v Frontex case. While failing to establish transparency and accountability, the Court found that Frontex wrongfully kept more than 100 photos secret. These could prove the border agency’s involvement in a human rights violation in the Mediterranean. In April 2022, Sea-Watch, with…
DetailsOn Wednesday, the 24th of April 2024, the General Court of the European Union in Luxembourg ruled in the Sea-Watch v Frontex case. While failing to establish transparency and accountability, the Court found that Frontex wrongfully kept more than 100 photos secret. These could prove the border agency’s involvement in a human rights violation in…
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