European Parliament Frontex Inquiry is Major Step Towards Accountability: EuroMedMonitor.org European Parliament Sets up Inquiry for Ensuring Greater Accountability
February 01, 2021 22:32 ET | Source: EuroMedMonitor.org EuroMedMonitor.org Geneva, Switzerland,
Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 01, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) We strongly commend the decision by MEPs from the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee to set up a Working Group, to look into allegations around Frontex’s role in the illegal pushbacks of sea migrants and asylum seekers, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said in a statement.
On January 29, 2021, MEP Tineke Strik, Greens/EFA Coordinator in the LIBE Committee, announced reaching an agreement in the European Parliament to set up the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group to thoroughly investigate all allegations on violations of fundamental rights committed by the European Borde