“I want people to return to Libya,” says Frendex director

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To Frantex Managing Director Hans Legtens Euronevs, I want any immigrants to restore Europe, where they often fall victim to human rights violations, but they sometimes have a “other option” for their company.

Frendex, a European control company for outer boundaries and coastal guards, is constantly criticized by human rights groups for not doing enough to save lives in the sea.

The agency uses drones or aircraft, often full of people who go to European Costa. A coordination center is later warned, migratory ships often blocked and returned to other Mediterranean beaches.

Among them is Libya, the basic starting point for dangerous maritime crossings for Europe, where human rights and immigrants are widely documented, including torture.

When asked about the fate faced by the diaspora when deposited on Libyan soil, Legdens lamented the truth.

“I don’t want people to return to Libya. The only way to do so is to report this maritime rescue coordination center,” he said. “If it is in the Libyan territory, the Libyas are responsible. They are the ones who do it.”

Legdens said that they often ask him why Frantex did not warn NGOs responsible for the danger of people, rather than returning the boats to Libya.

“This means I mean I will play with human life, because if the charity is not available, there is no coordination, people may sink.”

Legdens Euronevs is the best way to make sure the immigrants do not sink, despite the fate of waiting for them.

“I cannot take this responsibility. So if you want to choose once again to save life rather than save life, you don’t want to return to Libya.”

‘Part of the environmental system’

Volunteers who are responsible for seeking and recovering the public in danger often face great hostility from the EU member states, and they see a “gravitational factor” that encourages refugees to flee their work.

Legetens rejected the idea, and there was no evidence that the volunteer work of the Volunteer NGOs would risk their lives to cross the dangerous water towards Europe.

Legdens considers NGOs as a “part of the environment” and that this and the border “cooperate” to save lives in the sea.

“I am involved with them. We are talking. We try to understand each other’s positions. We all see the need to save lives in the sea, for example,” he told the EuroNus.

One of the activities of Frantex is the arrival of people who have been rejected asylum demands, in which more cooperation with the NGO is possible.

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“For example, what we are doing is that after we have returned the people, we have the so -called post -reincarnation, which aims to help people start their lives,” Legdens explained.

“For that, we have appointed a charity on behalf of us by funding European Frantex. So I think the situation is often smaller than what is said.”

Legdens, who has been the head of Frandex over the past two years, has been considering the opportunity for the expansion of the agency’s search and recovery process.

Ursula Van Ter Lainin, chairman of the European Commission, proposed to increase the agencies by 30,000, which may provide significant encouragement to the border work to protect the outer boundaries of Europe.

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