{"id":10050,"date":"2024-04-08T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/?p=10050"},"modified":"2025-12-31T02:34:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T01:34:28","slug":"news-from-the-borders-2024-04-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/erik-marquardt.eu\/en\/news-from-the-borders-2024-04-08\/","title":{"rendered":"News from the Borders 08.04.2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Frontex awarded contracts to a company suspected of fraud. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/frontex-rattled-by-probe-into-contract-with-travel-agency-accused-of-fraud\/\">Politico reports (in English).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In the past, Albania has taken in thousands of refugees &#8211; most recently from Afghanistan. Now the right-wing Italian government wants to bring tens of thousands of people seeking protection to Albania every year so that they no longer arrive in Italy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de\/albanien-und-die-unerwuenschten-der-geparkte-mensch-dlf-kultur-ec819301-100.html\">To the radio report by Deutschlandfunk Kultur (30 min).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Finland wants to turn back people seeking protection at the border with Russia, even though this contradicts current law. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/finnlands-pushbacks-nach-russland-ein-gesetz-bricht-recht-19631039.html\">FAZ reports (Paywall).<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frontex vergab Auftr\u00e4ge an eine Firma, die unter Betrugsverdacht steht. Politico berichtet (auf Englisch). Albanien hat in der Vergangenheit tausende Gefl\u00fcchtete aufgenommen &#8211; zuletzt aus Afghanistan. Nun will die rechte italienische Regierung j\u00e4hrlich Zehntausende Schutzsuchende nach Albanien bringen, damit sie nicht mehr in Italien ankommen. Zur Radioreportage von Deutschlandfunk Kultur (30 min). 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