On 27 October 2026, the European Commission presented its proposal for a new Frontex Regulation. The proposal would massively expand Frontex’s powers, staff, budget and activities, both inside and outside the EU. At the same time, some of the already very weak Fundamental Rights safeguards would be further weakened. The proposal would expand Frontex’s surveillance of people on the move, even before they ever reach the EU’s borders, and give the agency a stronger role in surveilling social media content about people’s movement.
The new regulation would further extend the reach of the EU’s border regime, strengthening Frontex’s role in the externalisation of EU borders and consolidating its position as a key actor in organising and coordinating deportations. The agency would now be able to conduct deportations between non-EU countries and transfers to so-called “return hubs” outside the EU, where people can be detained in places they have never set foot in. Rather than addressing the violence of deportations, these plans seek to make them easier to organise and enforce. This will further expose people on the move to violence within and beyond Europe.
We refuse to accept this expansion as inevitable.
You can read more details about the new regulation proposal on this blog post: https://abolishfrontex.org/blog/2026/11/05/bigger-stronger-more-violent-the-eus-plans-for-frontex/
More resources and wider powers for Frontex should not be the response to the violence of the EU border regime. They will reinforce it. Action is urgently needed.
We oppose this proposal of the new regulation and call for an International Action Day on or around 18 December 2026, International Migrants Day, asking groups in all countries to participate in any way you can, organising big or small actions or integrating our demands into your existing plans. We call on the European Commission to withdraw its proposal and on the European Parliament and the Council to reject it, as a first step to abolishing the agency altogether.
There are many ways to take action: banners, posters, flyer distributions, public gatherings, speeches, art installations and demonstrations. Be creative, organise collectively, and make our resistance visible.
We will not stand idly while deportations are expanded, borders are pushed further beyond Europe, and violence against people on the move is normalised.
Please reach out to info[at]abolishfrontex.org or via Instagram (@abolishfrontex) if you would like to collaborate or are planning an action in your city, so that we can connect efforts and share your activities through our communications.
No more powers for Frontex. Freedom of movement for all. Abolish Frontex.