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Dopo 7 anni di indagini, la nave civile #Iuventa sequestrata e lasciata marcire, 24 vite in ostaggio, a #Trapani la maxi montatura giudiziaria contro il soccorso civile in mare finisce nell'ennesima bolla di sapone: TUTTƏ PROSCIOLTƏ perché 'il fatto non sussiste.'

Disgraced ex-head of Frontex, Fabric Leggeri, describes the agency as a Trojan horse. When he started in 2015, Leggeri said it is 'not a criminal offence to cross a border illegally.' Today, he ascribes such statements as fake narratives pushed by NGOs and EU commission.

Poland's ex-PM Morawiecki says Polish authorities engaged in illegal pushbacks. 'Were there some push backs as they call it, were people who were captured on our border asked to go back? Yes.' Rolls eyes & says new government is now 'doing good democratic European push backs.'

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[Investigation] Drug abuse is one of the dangers migrants face along the Balkan route. In overcrowded camps, doctors prescribe tranquilisers to calm people. Black market circuits and pharmacies selling drugs without prescription contribute to the issue.
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Egypt is to get its first €1bn of loans from the EU without any input from the European Parliament, following an official decision by the European commission to trigger an emergency clause within the EU treaty. euobserver.com/migration/1582…

Frontex confirms it is trying to procure planes with life rafts.

Frontex chief Hans Leijtens takes offence of being called a watchman (slave trader used to track down runaway slaves). 'Sorry, I'd rather be called a murderer,' he responds after a dressing down by a senior reporter from LightHouse.

Vice-president of the European Commission M. Schinas equates people opposing the new pact on asylum to those supporting Putin, a war-mongering autocrat wanted for war crimes. 'Who doesn't like the agreement on the pact? Putins friends do not like the agreement on the pact'.

Egypt eyes $5-6bn in EU cash under migrant deal euobserver.com/migration/1582…

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Frontex surveillance assets deploying rescue boats? 'In my dreams, I would like to have also planes with equipment on board that can be used for saving lives,' says Hans Leijtens, head of Frontex.

EU watchdog faults European Commission over Libya euobserver.com/migration/1581…

Leggeri is largely a product of the internal contractions at the EU level, the pull-and-tug of competing interests among EU states and a European Commission too weak and complacent to manage their demands euobserver.com/eu-elections/1…

'This is similar to the legal nonsense that the UK is pursuing in trying to pass a law which states that #Rwanda is safe which actually it is not,' said Catherine Woollard, who heads the Brussels-based European Council on Refugees and Exiles #ECRE euobserver.com/migration/1580…

Frontex chief Leijtens in Libe yesterday in the context of the #Pylos shipwreck: 'I think we [Frontex] have to sort of see whether there's a reason to review our operational concepts.' - have asked for clarifications on what exactly he means here.

Search and rescue a pull factor? 1. Beate Gminder from the EU commission: 'I cannot answer if search and rescue is seen as a pull factor.' 2. Frontex chief Leijtens: 'If you ask me, did I ever see clear evidence? I haven't seen it.'

Emily O'Reilly, the European Ombdusman, today in comments at a hearing on the #Pylos shipwreck, said her inquiry will be published within the next ten days.

France led lobbying to detain children in EU migration pact euobserver.com/migration/1580…

Russia's devastation of Mariupol, #Ukraine : This new joint investigation by Human Rights Watch Truth Hounds SITU Research is the result of nearly two years of research and analysis.

If you click on one thing today, it should be this: hrw.org/feature/russia…