Click to expand Image The drone Frontex uses to conduct aerial surveillance in the central Mediterranean Sea in front of its hangar in Malta International Airport, Malta. Frontex says there were 433 detections by aerial surveillance in the central Mediterranean in 2021 alone. Click to expand Image Flight tracks of six Frontex aircraft conducting aerial surveillance January-December 2021. Frontex should put in place effective measures to fulfill its obligation to assess whether its activities, including aerial surveillance, violate fundamental rights. In the meanwhile, Frontex, with support from the EU and all member states, should use aerial surveillance to support meaningfully rescue at sea and to prevent the risk that people will be taken to Libya.

Source: Libya Today December 12, 2022 05:11 UTC