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NGO rescue boats do not receive Frontex alerts

Topic
Immigration Frontex Mediterranean
Country/Region
EU

03 February 2020

"The NGO rescue boat Sea-Watch says it does not receive any alerts of maritime distress from the EU's border agency Frontex, whenever the agency spots people in trouble in the Mediterranean."

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NGO rescue boats do not receive Frontex alerts (EUobserver, link):

"Frontex would not alert civil rescue ships like Sea-Watch of any distress cases they find, as they know we would then take people to a safe port in Europe," a spokesperson from the charity told EUobserver, in an email."

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