Frontex: Act to Save Lives at Sea

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Médécins Sans Frontières rescue crew help a man on board following a rescue in the central Mediterranean Sea, September 20, 2024. © 2024 Mohamad Cheblak/MSF Frontex, the EU border agency, does not normally inform nongovernmental rescue ships in the Mediterranean when it spots boats in distress or regularly issue emergency alerts.This has contributed to avoidable delays and tragic shipwrecks as well as to people being forcibly returned to countries where they face abuse.A new campaign asks Frontex to uphold its EU and international law obligations and our shared…

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