First launched in late 2022, the so-called High Level Network for Returns (HLNR) used the October 7 Hamas terror attack on Israel as a justification to enforce the exchange of data of individuals with a deportation order and flagged as “potential terrorists”.
There is a difference between a border police that is lawfully performing deportations, and the roaming gang of thugs that is ICE under the Trump government.
Except, the Swedish migration agency is equally racist and shit.
Frontex could become basically the same, it needs much more (parliamentary) control.
Hardly. The requirements alone to become a Frontex agent are miles away from the ones needed to be a ICE thug.
Despite the sensacionalist title this group is doing mostly an harmonization of policies and increase efficiency along the Schengen area, something basic for an area with no internal borders and that is essential to keep Schengen alive.
The alternative is what we’ve been seeing, national borders being resuscitated.
You are absolutely right that Frontex is miles away from becoming ICE. There are illegal pushbacks nonetheless and we need some more oversight from external sources. Frontex has grown in recent years — it should not get out of control.