DRAFT: Critical Voices 11629/2020: Frontex aerial assets contributing to push
migrants back to the conflict zone of Libya

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11629/2020: Frontex aerial assets contributing to push migrants back to the

conflict zone of Libya

. On June 26th, a new push-back operation took place in Central Med: a boat in distress in
Libyan SRR, 50 nautical miles north east of Misrata, was returned to Libya by the local Coast
Guard, assisted by the Italian Navy and guided by Frontex aircraft.

o To be ascertained, taking actions in the European Court of Justice, the International
Criminal Court and the national courts, whether national states and Frontex agency comply
with the binding rules on rescue at sea, laid down by the international Conventions and
Frontex Regulations.

o It is for the European parliamentarians to check compatibility with international law of
ongoing law enforcement activities in the central Mediterranean, verifying the level of
cooperation with Libyan Authorities and the respect by states and Frontex agency of all
mandatory regulations in place to safeguard human life at sea.

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11659/2020: Frontex covers crimes by the border police in Greece

e Frontex is aware of 'push backs' in the Aegean, alleges Andrei Hunko, Member of the
German Bundestag and of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

oe With its silence on the incidents in Greece, the European Union is covering up an
incredible scandal of continued arbitrariness by the border police.

e The German government must immediately suspend its participation in Frontex
missions in Greece.

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11659/2020: Frontex covers crimes by the border police in Greece

e Andrej Hunko - DIE LINKE request of information to the German Ministry of the
Interior regarding suspension and expansion of Frontex-Missions

e “The European Union is now monitoring the Aegean from a large extent from the air,
and Frontex is chartering up to three reconnaissance aircraft simultaneously. In
addition, the EU border agency is present with two large maritime missions, and the
federal police also operate there with two ships and a helicopter.”

e Frontex could have observed the incidents from the air: In March and April, the
border agency leased three “Diamond DA 42” reconnaissance aircraft from a British
company. Flights also depart from the islands of Lesbos, Kos and Chios in the summer.
In the "Aegean 2020" and "Poseidon" missions, Frontex also deploys an ocean-going
ship, three coast guard ships, ten patrol boats and seven vehicles with infrared
cameras in the Aegean Sea.

e Hunko: "| assume that Frontex is informed about the 'push backs' [...]The federal
[German] government must immediately suspend its participation in Frontex missions
in Greece. "

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