17 December 2025 – On December 18th, International Migrants Day, people in six EU countries will take action against the growing training infrastructure of EU border guard agency Frontex. This comes in response to an International Action Day called for by the Abolish Frontex network, consisting of more than 130 groups and organisations. The actions that are planned in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands and Poland include demonstrations, public presentations and workshops.
With the expansion of Frontex’s mandate, budget and organisation, especially since 2015, the agency’s training infrastructure has also gradually grown. Now Frontex has announced its first dedicated Training Center in Warsaw, set to open in October 2026. This center will be an exclusive factory for border police, intending to train over 200 officers per year and aims to rapidly expand its reach to other EU member states.
This new center, alongside its existing “Partnership Academies“ are militarized training grounds in order to standardize and normalize inhumane detention, deportation, and denial of safety to millions of people on the move. This is not about security; it’s about increasing the capacity for cruelty.
Kim, Abolish Frontex spokesperson, says: “Frontex training centers are normalizing exclusion and control. We will not stand by as Frontex recruits and trains border guards to inflict violence against people on the move! Money invested in Frontex infrastructure means more pushbacks, more deaths at sea and more suffering at EU borders.”
The Abolish Frontex network was launched in June 2021 to connect and strengthen protests against the EU’s deadly border regime. Over 130 organisations and groups in EU countries and beyond have joined the informal network that strives for freedom of movement for everyone.