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Highlights - Frontex Scrutiny Working Group - Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs

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Sunday, July 25, 2021
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The report with conclusions and recommendations, was drafted by Tineke STRIK (Greens, NL) and was discussed in the Civil Liberties Committee on 15 July 2021.

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  • The report with conclusions and recommendations, was drafted by Tineke STRIK (Greens, NL) and was discussed in the Civil Liberties Committee on 15 July 2021.
  • You can find the report below.
  • The annex of the report will be soon published here, as well.
  • The Frontex Scrutiny Working Group's mandate is to permanently monitor all aspects of the functioning of Frontex, including its reinforced role and resources for integrated border management, the correct application of the EU acquis, and its execution of Regulations (EU) 2019/1896 and 656/2014.

Press release - First meeting of the Frontex Scrutiny Group with Leggeri and Johansson

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Thursday, March 4, 2021
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Suspicions of mismanagement led to several inquiries, both internally and by different EU bodies, such as OLAF (the EUs anti-fraud office) and the Ombudsmans office.

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  • Suspicions of mismanagement led to several inquiries, both internally and by different EU bodies, such as OLAF (the EUs anti-fraud office) and the Ombudsmans office.
  • When: Thursday, 4 March, from 12.15 to 13.30

    Where: European Parliament in Brussels, Spinelli building, room 3 E2, and via remote connection.

  • Press briefing with Chair and rapporteur of the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group

    EP Vice-President Roberta Metsola and Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA,NL), who will draft the report with the groups recommendations, will share their impressions of their first meeting with Leggeri and Johansson and detail the Frontex Scrutiny Working Groups objectives in a press briefing online on Friday 5 March at 12.30.

  • Journalists wishing to attend the press briefing should send their request to one of the following electronic addresses:

    [email protected]

    [email protected]

    [email protected]

Webinar focuses on Coronavirus and EU border restrictions

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Friday, May 15, 2020
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FRA Director Michael OFlaherty took part alongside EU Home Affairs Commissioner Johansson.

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  • FRA Director Michael OFlaherty took part alongside EU Home Affairs Commissioner Johansson.
  • He highlighted the need for responsibility sharing across EU Member States.
  • MEP Tineke Strik and Marta Hirsch-Ziembinska, European Ombudsman Office were also part of the panel debate.
  • The webinar took place on 12 May.

Independent monitoring at the EU external borders and rights violations

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Saturday, May 9, 2020
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Tineke Strik, Member of the European Parliament, hosted an online panel discussion on 21 April on the fundamental rights monitoring of the EU external border controls.

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  • Tineke Strik, Member of the European Parliament, hosted an online panel discussion on 21 April on the fundamental rights monitoring of the EU external border controls.
  • FRA spoke about the methods and requirements of independent border monitoring, also pointing out the differences from complaint mechanisms.
  • The discussion also looked at the accountability of border management authorities, including the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex).
  • Discussions focused on the role of Frontex and human rights monitoring bodies.

Highlights - First visit to the US-Mexico border by Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights - Subcommittee on Human Rights

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Tuesday, March 3, 2020
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MEPs call on the US administration to respect international law and US federal law on protecting asylum seekers, who must not, by any means, be criminalised.

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  • MEPs call on the US administration to respect international law and US federal law on protecting asylum seekers, who must not, by any means, be criminalised.
  • The delegation visited El Paso (Texas, USA), Ciudad Juarez (Chihuahua, Mexico) and Washington D.C. from 24 to 28 February to assess the human rights situation of migrants and refugees at the US-Mexico border.
  • This was a follow up to the European Parliament's urgency resolution adopted on 18 July 2019.
  • The cross-party delegation from the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) was led by Chair Maria Arena (S&D, BE), and composed of Isabel Wiseler-Lima (EPP, LU), Ivan tefanec (EPP, SK), Gheorghe-Vlad Nistor (EPP, RO), Isabel Santos (S&D, PT), Dietmar Kster (S&D, DE), Susanna Ceccardi (ID, IT) and Tineke Strik (Greens/EFA, NL).