Frontex and surveillance of the EU's external sea borders
At a Glance
10-04-2014
In recent years, EU Member States have been confronted with increasing numbers of irregular migrants travelling on overloaded and/or unseaworthy boats across the Mediterranean Sea. In order to limit the growing numbers of fatalities, with hundreds of lives being lost, the EU and its Member States have sought to improve surveillance at the EU's external sea borders and strengthen coordination in search and rescue.
At a Glance
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- civil defence
- EU institutions and European civil service
- EUROPEAN UNION
- external border of the EU
- Frontex
- fundamental rights
- illegal migration
- institutional structure
- interinstitutional relations (EU)
- international law
- LAW
- maritime safety
- maritime surveillance
- migration
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- rights and freedoms
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- TRANSPORT
- transport policy