Nine Suspected Smugglers Arrested After Migrant Boat Sinking
Greece has arrested nine suspected people smugglers after the shipwreck that killed at least 79 people.
Greece has arrested nine suspected people smugglers after the shipwreck that killed at least 79 people.
Parliamentarians exchanged shouts and vulgarities after Doctors Without Borders accused Italy of being responsible for the 89 migrant deaths at sea, despite rescue workers’ claiming professional conduct.
Frontex refused to state which NGOs specifically had their details passed onto Europol, but did not rule out the possibility of the information being used in future prosecutions.
Amid fears of a fresh migration surge, a series of events in Greece this week indicate that Europe’s tough turn on border control will continue.
The investigation into the European Union’s border agency is the second to take place in a matter of months.
Thus far this year, the EU’s border force said they detected almost 130,000 irregular border crossings on all Western Balkan routes.
Hungary, due to its location on the Schengen Area’s southeastern flank, has had to bear the brunt of the increased migratory pressure.
The unsettling numbers revealed in the border agency’s report come a week after Central European leaders met in Budapest to discuss plans to reduce illegal migratory flows.
Frontex, the EU’s border agency, recorded 57,800 illegal entries to the bloc between January and April of this year, representing an increase of 69% compared to the same period last year.
More than two-thirds of Swiss voters—72%—voted in favour of increasing their contribution to the agency. Their refusal would have had serious repercussions on the overall functioning of the institution.
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