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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
The case of Civipol: commodified mobility policing in West Africa and its colonial continuities
Current European attempts to outsource migration control to West Africa mirror historical entanglements between colonial logics, corporate interests and policing. This article looks at the place of public-private relations in French colonialism in order to historically situate the activities of Civipol, a French public-private actor owned both by the French state and major security companies, that has specialized in building African states’ internal security capacity. Read More
Deportations from Europe: individual stories told in new publication
The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM) has published a booklet of stories of people in Lagos and Benin City, Nigeria, and Bamako, Mali, who have been deported from Europe. Read More
Schizophrenic agendas in the EU’s external actions in Mali
An academic article explaining the results of research into the EU's security activities in Mali. Read More
Spain: Huge funding increase for migration control in Africa challenged in court
Spain's government has massively stepped up funding for African states for migration control purposes in recent years. €30 million provided to Morocco is being challenged in court. Read More
France, UK say they look beyond Brexit in Mali cooperation
"Sharing the cockpit of a helicopter on sizzling tarmac, French and British air force chiefs vowed to pursue the joint fight against jihadists in the heart of the Sahel even as the shadow of Brexit looms over their countries." Read More
Returns and lack of readmission agreements highlight reluctance of African states to comply with EU demands
In a letter to Claude Moraes (pdf), Chair of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE), the Director-General of of Migration and Home Affairs sets out the present situation of readmissions. Read More
More externalisation of migration control by Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas
We pay but others do it. This first and foremost has been the response of the European Union to the so-called “refugee crisis”. Read More
Migration, EU cooperation and authoritarianism by Theodore Baird
The EU is actively cooperating with authoritarian regimes to control international movement while ignoring the disastrous human rights records of these regimes. Read More