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Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

The European Border and Coastguard agency is about to put more resources on the Spanish islands and could deploy aerial surveillance assets there. [...]

Published on 04/10/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Nicoletta Gaida, president of Ara Pacis.

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Despite EU's billions, North Africa cooperation declines

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How ICMPD, a champion of migrant 'assisted return', became an EU project manager

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The director general of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Michael Spindelegger.

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Tekever takes its drones to the Mediterranean to cash in on fortress Europe

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Frontex's Mediterranean expenses shoot up as fast as its spy planes

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Madrid and Berlin extend olive branch as Rabat quietly backpedals

On the back foot in the face of Rabat's aggressive diplomacy and the prospect of security cooperation being curtailed, the German chancellor Angela Merkel and the Spanish prime minister Pedro Sanchez have been actively seeking to defuse tensions.

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Mali, Senegal, Togo
The secrets of Demex, the trader selling Russian oil in West Africa

West Africa
Frontex beefs up presence in Canary Islands to tackle Atlantic migration

Senegal
EU immigration agency Frontex still not deployed in Dakar

Algeria
State shuts down Caritas Algérie

Libya
DEA Aviation doing good Frontex business off Libyan coast

Mauritania
Spain's Zyon Galicia equips Nouakchott to tackle illegal immigration

In Focus | Africa
Nicoletta Gaida, the private diplomat weaving Rome's anti-migrant alliance from the Sahel to Libya

Libya
EU calls for closer migration cooperation between Libya, Niger and Frontex

North Africa
Despite EU's billions, North Africa cooperation declines

In Focus | North Africa
How ICMPD, a champion of migrant 'assisted return', became an EU project manager

Inner circles | Libya
Libyan Coast Guard under the influence of Libyan militias and foreign governments

European Union, North Africa
Frontex plans to fly surveillance balloons over southern Mediterranean

Tunisia
Tekever takes its drones to the Mediterranean to cash in on fortress Europe

North Africa
Frontex's Mediterranean expenses shoot up as fast as its spy planes

Morocco
Madrid and Berlin extend olive branch as Rabat quietly backpedals

Spotlight | Mali
CAE, SNC, Mag, DEA, Leonardo: the battle for MINUSMA spy plane contract is on