Frontex is losing credibility following further allegations it was involved in pushbacks. Now, the private sea rescue organization Sea-Watch is alleging that the European border agency is implicated in so-called pullbacks near Malta as well, launching legal proceedings at the EU Court in Luxembourg.
hundreds of migrants searching for a better life, only to drown tragically in the middle of the mediterranean sea. the captain of the boat was arrested today on suspicion of multiple homicide. prosecutors in italy say he slammed the boat into a portuguese merchant ship that had come to its rescue. so far, more than 1,600 refugees and migrants have died en route to europe. that is 30 times higher than the same period last year. last month, as part of its series europe or die, vice news profiled the gruesome task of libyan search and rescue operations in the mediterranean.