Frontex Chief: Scepticism towards controls in the Schengen area

The EU has been arguing over how to deal with migrants for years. Several EU countries are now carrying out temporary controls at their internal borders - including Germany. Europe's top border protector proposes other solutions.

The EU border agency wants to close a gap between aircraft and satellites with high-flying platforms. Spain is already using the technology across the Atlantic. In summer, a test flight over the Mediterranean will take place. The Stratobus was developed by the French armaments company Thales. – CC-BY-SA 4.0 Thales Alenia Space, Collage netzpolitik.orgFrontex intends to fly so-called High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS) in the stratosphere in t…