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EU risks becoming 'complicit' in migrant deaths due to Frontex shortcomings, watchdog warns

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EU risks becoming 'complicit' in migrant deaths due to Frontex shortcomings, watchdog warns

EU risks becoming 'complicit' in migrant deaths due to Frontex shortcomings, watchdog warns

Frontex should pull out of countries that fail to rescue migrants at sea or violate fundamental rights.

Otherwise, the EU risks becoming "complicit" in the deaths, the European Ombudsman has warned in a new report.


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