Fabrice Leggeri under fire over agency’s human rights record and anti-fraud investigation. The head of the EU border agency Frontex has resigned after being investigated by the union’s anti-fraud agency, amid numerous reports of its complicity in illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers. Fabrice Leggeri, who has been criticised by the European parliament for failure to […]
2022
30
Apr
29
Apr
Frontex involved in illegal pushbacks
The EU’s border agency has been involved in the pushbacks of at least 957 asylum seekers in the Aegean Sea between March 2020 and September 2021, according to a new investigation. Frontex, the EU’s best-funded agency with a budget of €758m, is being investigated over previous allegations of complicity with Greek authorities in illegal pushbacks […]
Country:
European Union
18
Mar
Frontex accused of complicity in Greek pushbacks
The EU’s border agency is accused of complicity in Greece’s illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers, a German magazine reported on Thursday. Publishing the findings of an investigation by OLAF, the EU’s anti-fraud watchdog, German magazine Der Spiegel revealed that Frontex chief Fabrice Leggeri and other top officials not only knew of but also covered up […]
Country:
Germany
Source:
TRT
2021
30
Nov
EU border agency deported record number of people in first half of 2021
The EU border agency Frontex deported a record number of people in the first half of the year, according to a leaked document that has sparked concern about people being sent back to countries where they may face war or persecution. In a report issued to the EU Council of Ministers, Frontex said it had […]
Country:
European Union
