[French and Italian below] 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 …
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Pylos, El Hiblu, Homayoun and thousands of innocents accused of being smugglers
6 June 2024 – On 14 June 2023, the Adriana, a boat leaving from Libya for Italy with hundreds of migrants on board, sank inside the Greek Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the Mediterranean Sea. This would become the deadliest migrant shipwreck in recent history. Over 600 people died with a clear responsibility of the …
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Statement by the defense lawyers of the nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck who were acquitted
Our clients, nine survivors of the shipwreck off the coast of Pylos, were unjustly detained for eleven months in prisons, accused of serious crimes and stigmatized by the mainstream media, which, from the very first moment, not only failed to respect the presumption of innocence, but also published photos of them even from inside the …
Desert dumps
21 May 2024 – Europe supports, finances and is directly involved in clandestine operations in North African countries to dump tens of thousands of Black people in the desert or remote areas each year to prevent them from coming to the EU For years, the EU has handed large sums of money to North African countries …
Press conference of the defense team for the nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck
The team of defense lawyers for the nine survivors of the Pylos shipwreck invites you to a Press Conference on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at 12:00, at ESIEA (Athens Press Union, 20 Akadimias Street, Athens, 3rd floor). The press conference will also be broadcasted live by OmniaTV. The trial of the nine Egyptian survivors of the deadly shipwreck of Pylos …
Finland and Italy want more military involvement in migration control
7 May 2024 – The Finnish and Italian governments last month presented a plan on “countering instrumentalization of migration and migrant smuggling” to the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, calling for “innovative ways” to address the issues – including by increased cooperation between the EU and NATO. The “non-paper” (pdf) argues that the EU and NATO …
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On International Migrants Day activists demand an end to Frontex’s activities in Africa
15 December 2023 – On 18 December 2023, International Migrants Day, activists across Africa and Europe taking part in the Abolish Frontex International Action Day will draw attention to the havoc wreaked on African countries by the EU’s obsession with stopping migration and demand an end to Frontex’s engagement on the continent. Recent investigations revealed …
Abolish Frontex on the Civil Fleet Podcast
In advance of the upcoming action day, we talked to the Civil Fleet podcast about Frontex’s wrongdoings on the African continent, the problems with border externalisation, and why the EU border regime needs to be abolished. Listen to the episode on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or directly here.
EU planning new anti-migration deals with Egypt and Tunisia, unrepentant in support for Libya
19 November 2023 – The European Commission wants to agree “new anti-smuggling operational partnerships” with Tunisia and Egypt before the end of the year, despite longstanding reports of abuse against migrants and refugees in Egypt and recent racist violence endorsed by the Tunisian state. Material and financial support is already being stepped up to the …
AI in border control and surveillance: Current and future implications
The European architecture for border surveillance has been continuously expanding in an attempt to detect, deter and repel refugees and migrants. For those who manage to enter, they are biometrically registered and screened against large-scale databases, raising serious concerns on privacy violations, data protection breaches and questions of proportionality. Recently Euromed Rights launched a new …
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