Archive
Next EU budget seen as funding migration crackdown
EUobserver, 16 July 2025. Read More
Frontex and deportation charter flights, 2006-2024
Data covering almost two decades of Frontex’s deportation operations shows the expanding role of the agency. We have produced a series of visualisations to show the number of people deported via Frontex-coordinated charter flights, the member states involved, the destination states, and the costs. Read More
New report examines Frontex’s growing role in West Africa
A new report provides a critical examination of the evolving role of Frontex, the EU Border and Coast Guard Agency, in West Africa. Read More
Exporting Borders: Frontex and the Expansion of Fortress Europe in West Africa
The EU is pushing its migration control far beyond Europe’s borders. This report, co-published with the Transnational Institute, exposes how Frontex operates in West Africa under the cover of cooperation, entrenching neo-colonial influence, undermining rights, and reshaping the Sahel into a securitised buffer zone. Read More
EU police chiefs seek limits to “ambitious overhaul” of Europol
Another upgrade to the powers of EU police agency Europol is in the works. The European Commission wants to see an “ambitious overhaul” so it can become “truly operational.” European police chiefs, however, are sceptical. A “strategic debate” amongst member state delegations is ongoing, but remains behind closed doors. Read More
EU vil stramme krav til økonomisk støtte
POV, 9 July 2025. Read More
Frontex accused of failing to prevent pushbacks and child rights violations in the Balkans
Frontex’s own fundamental rights watchdog has raised the alarm over pushbacks and serious protection failures in countries where the agency operates. Read More
UK: Undercover policing: new archive sheds light on the spycops scandal
In 2010, a police spy was uncovered in the UK environmental movement. His exposure set off a chain of events that led the government to announce an official Undercover Policing Inquiry. Now, a new archive gathers all the documents released by that inquiry since public hearings began in 2020. It is designed to help activists continue the fight against political policing and state secrecy, and to push for transparency and accountability. Read More
EU Border Software Vulnerable to Hacks, Confidential Reports Warn
Bloomberg, 2 July 2025. Read More
EU states demand more migration control cash in next long-term budget
EU member states want significantly more money allocated to migration control in the bloc’s next long-term budget, set to run from 2028 to 2034. This is according to a document produced by the Polish EU Council Presidency and circulated on 12 June. Spending on external migration control from current budgets is already above expectations. Read More