May
Revealed: EU agreement to expand deadly migration cooperation with Libya's eastern forces
A document leaked to Statewatch confirms that the EU has begun collaborating with Libya’s eastern forces on migration control. This collaboration includes training, support and the development of a regional migration coordination centre based in Benghazi. The ‘technical arrangement’ shows clearly that, rather than listening to civil societies’ calls to end or suspend a deadly externalisation partnership, the EU is only interested in expanding it further.
How the EU coordinates migration control around Africa: a million little deals
Every year the European Commission produces a report summarising the state of external migration cooperation. Divided by regions and then countries, the report offers insight into the latest projects, spending and diplomacy the EU is using to pursue its goal of keeping people from reaching Europe. The January 2026 edition – covering activity in 2025 – reveals the EU continues to put significant effort into securing deportation agreements with African nations. It is also working to re-establish a diplomatic presence in the Sahel region, with an eye to restricting people moving through the region.
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 hidden from public view even as there are extensive concerns about the conditions for detainees, legal opacity and a lack of accountability. This article, written for Statewatch by Anna Gruber, Advocacy Manager at Collective Aid, explains the documentation process behind the report and what Collective Aid has managed to learn about detention in Lukavica.
Border externalisation: Frontex and the EU's global deportation regime
The latest issue of our bulletin on EU border externalisation policies includes: a "comprehensive" strategy document for a radically expanded Frontex deportation mandate, the EU sees more room to grow in Libya migration partnership, and an internal security strategy presentation hints at further intensifying of border control
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