EU ‘has blood on its hands’, say activists calling for border agency’s abolition

Coalition of rights groups demanding Frontex be defunded claim EU policies have killed over 40,555 people since 1993'

Activists, captains of rescue ships and about 80 human rights organisations across the world have launched an international campaign calling for the European border agency to be defunded and dismantled.

In an open letter sent last week to the European Commission, the Council of the EU and the European parliament, the campaign coalition highlighted the illegal and inhumane practices" of the EU border agency, Frontex, which is accused of having promoted and enforced violent policies against migrants.