Frontex: European Parliament scrutiny group begins inquiry into rights violations allegations
23 February 2021
A permanent European Parliament scrutiny group began work today to “oversee all aspects of the functioning of Frontex”. Launched on 29 January by MEPs in the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE), the group is mandated to spend its first four months investigating the allegations of involvement in fundamental rights violations that have dogged the agency since October 2020.
Two MEPs from each political group in the European Parliament will act as standing members of the working group, which will spend its first four months conducting a fact-finding investigation into all aspects of Frontex’s functioning, before producing recommendations.