Ombudsman calls for changes to EU search and rescue rules and a public inquiry into deaths in Mediterranean
PRESS RELEASE NO. 1/2024 – DATE Wednesday | 28 February 2024 *Reposted from European Ombudsman A European Ombudsman inquiry into Frontex’s role in search and rescue operations has shown that the current rules leave the EU’s Border and Coast Guard Agency unable fully to fulfil its fundamental rights obligations and too reliant on Member States to act when boats carrying migrants…
