21.06.2024
Borderline cases: Does Frontex tolerate illegal pushbacks?
The EU agency Frontex has two seemingly contradictory tasks: it is supposed to protect the external borders of the European Union and at the same time rescue people in distress at sea and guarantee the fundamental right to asylum. To this end, it has received an ever-increasing budget from the EU in recent years. Most recently, it received over 900 million euros. But Frontex not only wants to grow in terms of personnel - it also wants to finally put an end to the negative headlines of recent years. In this 11KM episode, however, WDR/NDR investigative journalist Manuel Bewarder investigates a current suspicion: Did Frontex simply stand by and watch as refugees were illegally pushed back out to sea?
Language(s): Deutsch / German