Frontex Operational Agreement with Senegal: Human Rights Concerns

by name voted on 28.02.2024

Summary

This report discusses the proposed agreement to allow Frontex to conduct operational activities in Senegal, highlighting major human rights and accountability concerns.

9 28.02.2024

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Key points

The EU is negotiating a legal framework to allow Frontex to operate more directly in Senegal.
The agreement would allow Frontex teams to exercise executive powers on Senegalese soil.
There are serious concerns regarding the protection of fundamental rights and the principle of non-refoulement during these operations.
The Commission has not yet performed the required assessment regarding the human rights situation in the target country.

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DRAFT REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Commission concerning on the ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Commission concerning on the ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal DRAFT OPINION on the ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal OPINION on the ongoing negotiations on a status agreement on operational activities carried out by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) in Senegal

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