euobserver | 09.03.2018
By Nikolaj Nielsen
Migrants rescued at sea under an EU naval military operation will have their information expedited to the EU’s police agency Europol.
The plan is part of a pilot project set for launch in the coming weeks, marking a further shift towards the blurring of lines between law enforcement and the military.
EU interior ministers in Brussels on Thursday (8 March) „expressed support for the principle“ of the project amid broader questions of the legal implications of shuffling data collected by the navy directly to the police.