Airborne Complicity – Frontex Aerial Surveillance
Over the last year, we have partnered with Human Rights Watch to investigate the use by the EU’s border agency, Frontex, of aerial surveillance in the central Mediterranean. The aircraft, several planes and a drone operated by private companies, transmit video feeds and other information to a situation centre in Frontex headquarters in Warsaw, where operational decisions are taken about when and whom to alert about migrants’ boats. Frontex aerial surveillance is key in enabling the Libyan Coast Guard to intercept migrant boatsand return their passengers to Libya, knowing full well that they will face systematic and widespread abuse when forcibly returned there.
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| Full title | Airborne Complicity – Frontex Aerial Surveillance Enables Abuse |
|---|---|
| Author | borderforensics |
| Publisher | borderforensics.org |
| Year | 2023 |
| Media type | Website and Report |
| Link | https://www.borderforensics.org/investigations/airborne-complicity/ |
| Topics | Border and Surveillance Technology & Industry |
| Regions | Mediterranean Sea |