20 years of Frontex are 20 years too many! The action week around Frontex’s 20th anniversary calling for the abolition of the agency saw actions in at least 10 cities in 7 countries across Europe.
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26 October 2024
Dear Ms. Ursula von der Leyen,
October 26 will mark the 20th anniversary of Frontex, the EU’s border agency. It should also mark the last.
Frontex is a deadly failed experiment. It has made countless people less safe, eroded the values and ideals the European Union claims to hold dear, and provided a backdoor into government for corporate power.
Continue reading “Open Letter: Frontex’s 20th anniversary should also be its last”
Fortress Europe is intercontinental. The EU uses its economic power to exploit impoverished countries, forcing people onto deadly and dangerous journeys. It also pays third countries to intercept and detain people on the move before they can reach EU borders, leading to massive human rights violations. Private companies of the border-industrial-complex are profiting from these actions, often through Frontex as a driving force of border militarisation. While the EU’s border regime is making it harder and harder for people to move, money can cross international borders without any issues.
Below you find blueprints for stamps that call out the racist double standards of the EU and their usage of money as a form of power. Use a 3D-printer and spread the word!
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Il y a 20 ans, une nouvelle agence de l’Union européenne était créée dans le but de coordonner le travail des garde-côtes et garde-frontières des États membres. En deux décennies, Frontex a réussi l’exploit de devenir l’agence disposant du plus gros budget (859 millions d’euros en 2024) et la seule institution de l’UE nantie de personnel armé. Son mandat ne cesse de s’étendre sur le plan géographique et juridique, hors de tout réel contrôle démocratique.
Continue reading “📢DEMO📢 20 years of border violence – Abolish Frontex now!”
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Unter diesem Motto ruft Solidarité sans frontières am 28. September 2024 zu einer Gross-Demo nach Bern.
Geflüchtete und Migrierte, Sans-Papiers und Illegalisierte, vorläufig Aufgenommene und Abgewiesene, Prekarisierte und Ausgebeutete, Second@s und Eingebürgerte, solidarische Menschen, Basisgruppen und Organisationen: wir alle werden von sichtbaren und unsichtbaren Grenzen getrennt, wir können sie aber gemeinsam überwinden.
Am 28. September setzen wir in Bern ein starkes Zeichen: wir alle sind Teil einer offenen und vielfältigen (post-)migrantischen Gesellschaft. Wir lassen uns nicht spalten und wir wollen zwischen uns keine Grenzen! «Zwischen uns keine Grenzen – für eine offene Gesellschaft der Vielen!» Continue reading “28 September: demo ‘Zwischen uns keine Grenzen!’ / ‘Entre nous, pas de frontières!’”
October 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the EU border guard agency Frontex. For these 20 long years it has spread death and insecurity. We count and mourn more than 60,620 deaths caused by the EU border regime since 1993. Frontex is a key actor in the war against people on the move and a symbol for its certain failure.
Abolish Frontex wishes for the quick dismantling of Frontex, 20 years of destruction has been enough: stop counting candles, start counting lives!
