The EU’s border agency, Frontex, says people were smuggled on an NGO’s ship, but the account is countered by the crew and video evidence.

Documents detail how the EU’s border agency, Frontex, withdrew its patrols from the area where most refugee boats capsize. Nonprofits are scrambling to fill the gaps.

Bulgaria’s border police engage in routine violence to deter asylum seekers and expel them from Bulgarian territory. Unless the refugees pay.

A collection of incident reports from Frontex, obtained by The Intercept, reveals a Greek and European tactic of using weapons to stop boats driven by suspected smugglers — and injuring or killing refugees in the process.