In a sign the plan has a measure of momentum, Senegal's interior minister has given a "green light for technical discussions," the European Commission confirmed.
After the ongoing politico-diplomatic clash between the EU and Belarus reached a peak in the summer of 2021, press attention turned towards the situation at the Polish-Belarussian border, where thousands of people arrived hoping to travel onwards to EU territory. However, the response from the Lithuanian authorities also merits examination: the country's efforts to prevent irregular arrivals have been widely supported by the EU, despite widespread allegations of fundamental rights violations.
Jonas Grimheden is the EU's border agency Frontex fundamental rights officer. Almost seven months into his job he says the agency "could be seen as being implicated or supportive of fundamental rights violations". His recommendations have yet to be implem.
Best to keep Frontex in Greece, new rights officer suggests
Frontex s biggest operation remains in Greece (Photo: Frontex)
Brussels, Today, 07:21
A new officer overseeing rights at the EU s border agency Frontex has suggested it remains in Greece, despite allegations of pushbacks. I think the enjoyment of fundamental rights are not necessarily best served by pulling out on behalf of Frontex but by constructively engaging, Jonas Grimheden told MEPs on Thursday (3 June).
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Jonas Grimheden will become Frontex's fundamental rights officer. Grimheden is set to start his new job in June, amid intense scrutiny over the agency's long delay in hiring staff tasked to make sure rights violations are not taking place. 40 such monitor.