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no new findings – just my small compilation of links with info on #Frontex
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15 Feb 2021
Legal Centre Lesvos and Front-Lex
The Legal Centre Lesvos and Front-Lex call upon FRONTEX to immediately suspend or terminate its activities in the Aegean Sea region / Legal Center Lesvos et Front-Lex demandent à FRONTEX de suspendre ou de mettre fin immédiatement à ses activités dans la mer Égée.
This morning, Legal Centre Lesvos and Front-Lex sent a formal request to suspend or terminate Frontex operations in the Aegean Sea to Fabrice Leggeri, the Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), pursuant to Article 265 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
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15 Feb 2021 – der Spiegel:
Pushback-Skandal Rechtsanwälte wollen Frontex-Chef Leggeri vor Gericht bringen
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Are you Syrious Special – Part 1 – (2004–2016) – 6 Dec 2020
Frontex and human rights — How did we arrive here? PART 1 (2004–2016)
https://medium.com/are-you-syrious/ays-special-frontex-and-human-rights-how-did-we-arrive-here-part-1-2004-2016-17cffb340c07
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Are you Syrious Special – Part 2 – (2017 – 2019) – 20 Dec 2020
Frontex and Human Rights — How did we arrive here? PART 2 (2017–2019)
https://medium.com/are-you-syrious/ays-special-frontex-and-human-rights-how-did-we-arrive-here-part-2-2017-2019-83dbb24acb7f
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Are you Syrious Special – Part 3 – (2020) – 26 Dec 2020
Frontex and Human Rights — How did we arrive here? Part 3 (2020)
https://medium.com/are-you-syrious/ays-special-frontex-and-human-rights-how-did-we-arrive-here-part-3-2020-present-706438d8e29
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Are you Syrious Special – Part 4 – (2021) – 7 Feb 2021
Frontex and Human Rights — How did we arrive here? Part 4 (2021 So Far)
https://medium.com/are-you-syrious/ays-special-frontex-and-human-rights-how-did-we-arrive-here-part-4-2021-january-update-9e55d65cc950
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11 Feb 2021 – die Zeit
Frontex: Agentur außer Kontrolle
Vertuschte Menschenrechtsverletzungen, heimliche Treffen mit der Rüstungsindustrie: Über Frontex werden immer mehr Vorwürfe bekannt. Wer kontrolliert die Kontrolleure? Von Bartholomäus von Laffert, Ann Esswein und Vera Deleja-Hotko
https://www.zeit.de/politik/2021-02/frontex-eu-grenzschutzagentur-kontrolle-menschenechte-ruestungsindustrie/komplettansicht?
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06 Feb 2021
Jan Böhmermann tweets:
“FRONTEX does not meet with lobbyists.”
Yes, it does (without telling anybody).
ZDF-Magazin s FRONTEX-Files-Scoup
NOW AVAIAVLE WITH 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 🇨🇦 🇳🇿 SUBTITLES:
https://youtu.be/2uk0w8SvUMw
More: http://frontexfiles.eu
#zdfmagazin
https://twitter.com/janboehm/status/1358052699749629954
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Vera Deleja-Hotko, Ann Esswein, Luisa Izuzquiza, Bartholomäus von Laffert, Daniela Sala and Phevos Simeonidis (Disinfaux Collective) for ZDF Magazin Royale
05 Feb 2020
https://frontexfiles.eu/en.html
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) :
Lobbying Fortress Europe
The making of a border-industrial complex
https://corporateeurope.org/en/lobbying-fortress-europe
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der Spiegel – 5 Feb 2021
Scandals Plunge Europe’s Border Agency into Turmoil
Accusations of workplace harassment, mismanagement and financial irregularities have led to chaos at Europe’s border agency. The allegations weigh heavily on Frontex head Fabrice Leggeri.
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der Spiegel – 23 Oct 2020
EU Border Agency Frontex Complicit in Greek Refugee Pushback Campaign
Greek border guards have been forcing large numbers of refugees back to sea in pushback operations that violate international law. DER SPIEGEL and its reporting partners have learned that the European Union is also complicit in the highly controversial practice.
By Giorgos Christides, Emmanuel Freudenthal, Steffen Lüdke und Maximilian Popp
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17 June 2020
Greece carries out collective expulsion of over 900 asylum seekers under the complicit silence of the European Union
Greece carries out collective expulsion of over 900 asylum seekers under the complicit silence of the European Union
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04 Aug 2019 – the guardian
Once migrants on Mediterranean were saved by naval patrols. Now they have to watch as drones fly over
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14 June 2019
Interview:
Meet the lawyer taking the EU migration policy to the ICC
https://euobserver.com/news/145162
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Communication to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Pursuant to the Article 15 of the Rome Statute EU Migration Policies
https://www.statewatch.org/media/documents/news/2019/jun/eu-icc-case-EU-Migration-Policies.pdf
by Omer Shatz and Dr. Juan Branco – 3 June 2019 – ICC
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Border Violence Monitoring goes European Parliament
https://www.borderviolence.eu/border-violence-monitoring-goes-european-parliament/
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2016 –
The EU’s Shifting Practices of (Non-) Assistance and Bordering in a Time of Crisis
by CHARLES HELLER + LORENZO PEZZANI
https://www.borderline-europe.de/sites/default/files/background/nearfuturesonline_org_ebbing_and_flowing_the_eus_shifting_pr.pdf
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10 June 2016
New FRONTEX agency: satellite reconnaissance and drones over the Mediterranean
by Matthias Monroy
https://digit.site36.net/2016/06/10/new-frontex-agency-satellite-reconnaissance-and-drones-over-the-mediterranean/
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Matthias Monroy’s archive – a source of info
https://digit.site36.net/archive/
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incident on 28 October 2015 – investigation published 19 Feb 2020
Shipwreck at the Threshold of Europe, Lesvos, Aegean Sea
https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/shipwreck-at-the-threshold-of-europe
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Date of Incident 27.03.2011 – 10.04.2011– investigation published 11 April 2012
The Left-to-Die Boat
https://forensic-architecture.org/investigation/the-left-to-die-boat
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der Spiegel – Thema Frontex: https://www.spiegel.de/thema/frontex/