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Inside one of Europe’s most hidden detention centres

The charity Collective Aid has published a report on Lukavica, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s only official immigration detention centre. Lukavica is…

18 May 2026 Anna Gruber

Operation IRINI: technical arrangement – capacity building and training pillar under the Quick Impact Project (CB&T)

29 May 2026
News Borders and frontiers

The US demands exemptions for military and diplomatic staff in the EU’s digital borders system

The US has demanded the EU give preferential treatment to its diplomatic, military and other personnel, exempting them from mandatory…

19 February 2026
Statement Borders and frontiers

UK: More than 120 organisations call out government’s proposals on earned settlement

Alongside over 120 organisations, Statewatch is calling out the UK government’s proposals and the accompanying consultation on earned settlement. The…

17 February 2026
Statement Borders and frontiers

Joint statement condemning EU law enabling home raids, policing of public services and racial profiling

The EU must withdraw all provisions to expand and normalise immigration raids and surveillance measures under the proposed Deportation (“Return”)…

16 February 2026
Submission Coercion and control

Submission to Home Office consultation on a new legal framework for law enforcement use of biometrics, facial recognition and similar technologies

On 12 January, Statewatch responded to the Home Office’s consultation on developing a new legal framework for governing the use…

16 February 2026
News Borders and frontiers

The EU’s “new and innovative solution” to migration: pay other countries to intercept people

An EU Council document obtained by Statewatch shows EU policymakers dredging up an old idea – paying non-EU states to…

11 February 2026
News

UN report warns of “existential threat” to civil liberties

Shrinking aid systems and expanding security policies are eroding democratic rights and freedoms, a UN expert warned in a report…

9 February 2026
Statement Coercion and control

Swiss government urged to rethink mass telecoms surveillance plan

The Swiss government should halt its plans to extend the widespread surveillance of telecommunications, says a letter signed by 19…

5 February 2026
News Borders and frontiers

Border externalisation: “new and innovative” solutions for migration control

The latest issue of our bulletin on EU border externalisation policies includes: plans to pay third countries to intercept and…

3 February 2026
Media coverage

Leaked EU paper envisions dumping migrant sea rescues onto non-European states

EUobserver, 29 January 2026.

29 January 2026
Analyses Borders and frontiers

Invoking the “instrumentalisation” of migration, the UK follows in the EU’s footsteps

In 2025 the UK announced a new sanctions regime targeting alleged people smugglers. It makes use of the “instrumentalisation of…

28 January 2026
News Borders and frontiers

Greece: Criminal law used to target civil society organisations

The Greek government’s latest move to stifle the work of civil society groups has been condemned by more than 70…

28 January 2026
Media coverage

Raport i brendshëm i BE-së: Schengeni po kthehet në një fortesë

Albanian Post, 22 January 2026.

22 January 2026
News Borders and frontiers

Schengen borders: more deportations, surveillance and militarisation in the works

An internal EU report obtained by Statewatch offers an update on efforts to strengthen border and immigration controls in the…

20 January 2026
Media coverage

Ue-Usa: l’accordo per i dati privati di tutti gli europei

Il Fatto Quotidiano, 18 January 2026.

18 January 2026
Media coverage

Ausweitung der Passagierdatenspeicherung: EU plant Überwachung von sämtlichen Reisewegen

Der Standard, 18 January 2026.

18 January 2026
Media coverage

Surveillance of travel routes: EU plans to expand passenger data storage

Heise, 17 January 2026.

17 January 2026
News Coercion and control

EU member states want to expand police surveillance of travel

In the name of fighting crime and terrorism, EU law requires mandatory police surveillance of international air travel. Governments are…

15 January 2026
News Borders and frontiers

Prints in politics: cheap, easily replicated and widely accessible

Printmaking is an ideal medium for wide and diverse engagement with art: it is replicable, cheap, and widely accessible. These…

14 January 2026
Media coverage

Why Europe Is Quietly Deporting Nigerians

The Insight, 12 January 2026.

12 January 2026
News Borders and frontiers

EU to increase lethal migration cooperation with Libya

The EU is set to fund migration control infrastructure in the eastern region of Libya, a move that will increase…

8 January 2026
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