On Wednesday, Emily O’Reilly, the EU Ombudsman responsible for examining maladministration and systemic issues, will introduce an investigation into the role of the EU border agency dubbed Frontex in a deadly shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea. The examination will focus on Frontex’s involvement in search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean, particularly the events surrounding the Adriana shipwreck off the coast of Greece in June, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of migrants.
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