19 May 2023 – Refugees in Libya and Solidarity with Refugees in Libya call for a demonstration in Brussels on 1 July. Join the demo and spread the call below! Brussels is at the centre of European decision-making, with the headquarters of EU-Council, the EU-Commission and its parliament. It is also the heart of EU border …
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[EN/DE/AR/FR/IT] JOIN THE ABOLISH FRONTEX INTERNATIONAL ACTION DAY – 20 JUNE 2023
[EN/ DE/ AR /FR / IT] JOIN THE ABOLISH FRONTEX INTERNATIONAL ACTION DAY – 20 JUNE 2023 Stop the war on migrants On 20 June – World Refugee Day – Abolish Frontex calls for an international decentralised day of action for all anti-racist and no-border collectives, for all groups fighting for rights and dignity …
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1-6 June: Stop Deportation! Protest Camp in Berlin
Get your tents and sleeping bags ready! Only a few more weeks before the Stop Deportation! Protest Camp starts ✊✊
Repression in Sicily: Call for solidarity in support to a NoBorder comrade for an action against Frontex
31 March 2023 – At the end of August 2022, a comrade was given an order to leave Catania, the place where he lived, after the police opened an investigation on him for spray painting the walls of the Frontex headquarters. The agency’s building in Catania is the logistical hub for Frontex operations in the …
U.N. rights mission blasts EU on Libya migrant abuses
27 March 2023 – [report from Reuters] European Union backing for Libyan authorities who stop and detain migrants means the bloc has “aided and abetted” rights violations against migrants, an investigator for a U.N. mission said on Monday. The EU and member states have supported and trained the Libyan coastguard, which returns migrants stopped at sea to …
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‘A programmed disaster: Crotone (Calabria – Italy)’ – statement about the current developments in Italy
6 March 2023 – Abolish Frontex, a grassroots network of over 130 groups and organisations aiming to abolish the EU border guard agency and to end the EU border regime, releases the following statement regarding the recent deaths of people on the move, the Italian government clampdown on rescue ships and its reaction to the …
CommemorAction 6 February 2023: MIGRATION IS A RIGHT!
A Global Day of Struggle against the regime of death at our borders and to demand truth, justice and reparations for migration victims and their families. “CommemorAction” is a double promise: We will not forget those who have lost their lives and we will fight against the borders that killed them.
The EU’s Nobel Peace Prize 10 years on: Project Failed!
[DE/IT/FR below] Join the Abolish Frontex Action Week from 10-18 December 2022 In 2012 the EU was awarded the prestigious Nobel Peace Prize for having contributed to pacifying Europe for 60 years. Ten years later, the EU is spending more money on arms than ever before, is fuelling war and repression around the world with …
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Call to Geneva – Sit-in on 9 and 10 December 2022 to support ‘Refugees in Libya’
9 November 2022 – One year ago, thousands of refugees had been protesting for more than 100 days in front of the UNHCR office in Tripoli: an historical act of self-organisation under the harshest conditions. Instead of listening and improving, UNHCR criticised their protest, ignored their voices, and remained silent in light of the brutal eviction …
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Switzerland: Borders over Climate
6 November 2022 – While being one of the richest countries in the world, Switzerland’s contribution to climate financing – a major topic at the ongoing COP27 in Egypt – is only modest, not to say shamefully small. In light of how Switzerland profits from extractivist practices that are a major cause for climate change …