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Former head of Frontex to stand for far-right National Rally in European elections

The former director of the EU border agency Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri, has announced that he has joined France's far-right National Rally and will stand for the party in European elections in June.

Radio France Internationale

Israel’s Gaza war threatens to shut down West’s fifth-gen fighter programme

A Dutch court has halted worldwide production of the F-35, citing potential complicity in Israeli human rights abuses.

Al Jazeera

EU leaders unveil €210m Mauritania deal in bid to curb people-smuggling

Plan includes energy and infrastructure projects with aim of strengthening stability in Sahel

The Guardian - UK

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Finland set to again shut its entire border with Russia

The decision comes amid renewed asylum seekers arrivals that Helsinki has labelled a Russian hybrid attack.

Al Jazeera

EU border agency helping search for missing crew after cargo ship sinks off Greece

The European Union’s border protection agency Frontex has joined the search for 12 crew members missing after a cargo ship sank in rough weather near the Greek island of Lesbos

The Independent UK

EU deploys border agents to Finland amid increase in asylum seeker arrivals

Finland has accused Russia of pushing asylum seekers to its eastern border, which Russia denies.

Al Jazeera

EU sends border police reinforcements to Finland over fears that Russia is behind a migrant influx

The European Union’s border agency says that it will send dozens of officers and equipment as reinforcements to Finland to help police its borders amid suspicion that Russia is behind an influx of migrants arriving to the country

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Finland blocks border crossings to stop migrants 'sent by Russia'

The Kremlin has denied the allegations

Evening Standard

At EU borders, refugees report invasive genital searches during pushbacks

Refugees and legal experts say offensive, sexualised strip searches appear aimed at deterring further crossings.

Al Jazeera

Rishi Sunak says progress on bid to access EU intelligence on migrant crisis

The Prime Minister made the remarks as he attended the European Political Community summit in Spain.

The Independent UK

Britain ‘to get access to EU intelligence on migrant crisis in new deal’

Officials in London and Brussels have reportedly concluded the substance of an agreement which is in the ‘final stages’

Evening Standard

UK ‘to get access to EU intelligence on migrant crisis in new deal’ – report

Officials in London and Brussels have reportedly concluded the substance of an agreement which is in the ‘final stages’.

The Independent UK

EU chief promises ‘action plan’ as Italy sees surge of asylum seekers

EU chief empahsises need for surveillance via sea and land as Italian island of Lampedusa reports record arrivals.

Al Jazeera

UK nears agreement to cooperate with EU border force

Frontex deal would be Sunak’s third with EU as prime minister but would not address small boats crisis

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‘It was horrible’: Syrian man deported from Greece tells of family’s trauma

Man who has lost landmark case against Frontex says family’s ordeal has had a huge impact

The Guardian - UK

Syrian refugee deported from Greece loses case against EU border agency

Ruling against man who claimed family were ‘pushback’ victims seen as blow to efforts to make Frontex accountable

The Guardian - UK

More than 2,000 people missing at sea as use of deadliest route to EU doubles

Hundreds dying as route from Libya or Tunisia to Greece or Italy made in unseaworthy, overloaded boats

Radio France Internationale

EU border agency reports spike in illegal immigration

The European Union's border agency Frontex says that illegal immigration into the EU rose by ten percent in the first half of 2023 compared to a year ago, with Mediterranean routes accounting for most of the arrivals.

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The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on investigating a migrant tragedy: bereaved families deserve the truth

Editorial: Why was an effective search and rescue operation not mounted to save up to 750 people on board the Adriana, as it struggled off the Greek coast?

The Independent UK

EU watchdog opens probe in role of bloc's border agency in Mediterranean shipwreck tragedy

The European Union’s official watchdog says it has opened a probe into the role of the bloc’s Frontex border agency in the shipwreck off Greece last month that is feared to have killed hundreds of people in the Mediterranean Sea

The Guardian - UK

Watchdog investigates EU border agency’s role after Greece boat disaster

Ombudsman to examine search and rescue role of Frontex after at least 500 people drowned in tragedy

The Conversation

Migrant deaths at sea: the real blame lies with policies created by European states

On 15 June, the overcrowded fishing trawler Adriana sank on its illicit journey from Libya to Italy, drowning hundreds of men, women and children. In response, states have expressed shock and sadness, and have moved to prosecute smugglers associated with the journey.

Al Jazeera

What is behind the EU-Tunisia deal on migration?

The crossing through the Central Mediterranean to the EU is the most active route this year, border agency Frontex says.

The Guardian - UK

Greek shipwreck: hi-tech investigation suggests coastguard responsible for sinking

Research into loss of trawler with hundreds of deaths strongly contradicts official accounts – while finding a failure to mobilise help and evidence that survivor statements were tampered with

The Independent UK

Greece urges EU border agency not to pull out of the country as questions mount over migrant deaths

Greece’s new minister for migration says he would consider it “unthinkable” for the European Union to pull out its border protection force from the country

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