Inside GAPs Blogs

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, commonly referred to as “Frontex” and hereinafter “the Agency” was created in October 2004 by Council Regulation (EC) n°2007/2004 to assist European Union Member States in managing and controlling their external borders. It is located in the capital of Poland Warsaw and constitutes one of over 35 decentralized agencies in the EU. But if there is one agency that has witnessed a steady growth in powers, size and funding, it is absolutely Frontex. It becomes as Idil ATAK consider “a real legal monster” in the area of Freedom, Security and Justice of the European Union. Indeed, since taking up its responsibilities on May 1, 2005, the Agency founding regulation has been amended four times: in 2007, 2011, 2016 and 2019. Each of which has progressively expanded the agency’s mandate, functions and budget.

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The Central Mediterranean route connects Libya and Tunisia with Italy and Malta. It has long been the deadliest and most perilous path in the world. According to the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM)’s Missing Migrants Project, the number of migrant deaths and disappearances across the Mediterranean  surged from 2,048 in 2021 to 2,411 in 2022 reaching 3,041 by the end of 2023. The region…

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Traditionally a country of emigration, Tunisia has gradually become a country of transit of Sub-Saharan migrants towards the “European El Dorado”. Before reaching Tunisia, they cross Libya and Algeria, two countries opening on the Sahel countries such Mali, Niger, Chad and Sudan. Other factors make Tunisia a destination country thanks to the agreements abolishing visas for Nationals of many Sub-Saharan countries (article 7 of law n. 68-7 in March 1968 relative to the condition of foreigners in Tunisia). Finally, it is a preferred…

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