#externalisationbulletin — Public Fediverse posts

The 17th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now.

This bulletin includes details on:
• The EU Border Mission in Libya;
• The Frontex RECAPP app;
• Disinformation campaigns around West Africa
and more.

It also makes 22 documents public.

Read the issue: https://statewatch.org/research/outsourcing-borders-bulletin-17/
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The 15th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now.

This issue includes a document that is almost laughably horrific. In it, the Council Presidency implores the EU’s main border externalisation committee to *mention* human rights more when dealing with non-EU partner countries.

Other documents cover the future of Frontex's governance structure, the expanded use of Article 25a sanctions, and Egypt and Europol's plans for exchanging data.

Read the issue here: https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-15/

The 14th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now.

This month’s bulletin contains details about the EU's newest plan for 'degressive’ reintegration support, other means of ‘incentivising’ self-deportations, and twenty newly-obtained Council documents.

As ever, we hope this bulletin brings some clarity. If you would like to recieve the bulletin and our detailed overview straight to your inbox, sign up to our mailing list here: https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/mailing-list/

The 12th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨

This edition covers:

• Efforts to expand Frontex’s mandate
• Growing concerns over the EU’s digital border systems
• Dutch and Belgian governments threaten to undermine EU's new migration "solidarity" system
• The latest moves on Safe Third Country rules, deportations to Afghanistan and the EUAA’s incoming Syria update

And much more, here: https://buff.ly/GK3RMMW

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The 11th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨

It covers:
• EU’s plan for a global counter-smuggling alliance
• Moves to use visa policy as leverage for deportations
• More weakening of safeguards deportation regulation
• Council papers on Turkey and Uzbekistan
• And much more

Read the full issue: https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-11/

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The 10th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨

This edition covers:
• Progress on EU plans for major migration routes
• Proposal for joint counter-trafficking work by Frontex and Egypt
• Growing EU role in migration control efforts in Côte d’Ivoire
• And much more.

Find the full issue:
https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-10/

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The 9th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨

It covers:
• The extensive border externalisation operations across Africa;
• Plans to use development aid as leverage for deportations, with “voluntary” return programmes as cover;
• Budget proposals with more external migration control and less democratic scrutiny;
And much more.

It also makes 22 documents from EU institutions public.

Find the full issue here: https://buff.ly/K5esfCb

The 8th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨

This edition covers:

• EU security missions given a stronger migration control role
• New push to label categories of countries as “safe”
• Frontex failing to prevent pushbacks in the Balkans
• Member states demanding more money for migration control in new EU budget

Find the full issue here:

https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-8/

The 7th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨 

This issue covers:
• Continued EU support for racist violence in North Africa
• Potential "strengthening" of coercive visa sanctions
• €3 billion funding increase for border and immigration control
• and more.

Find the full issue here: https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-7/

The EU claims it will ensure human rights are respected — but without oversight, accountability is unlikely

This article and the documents have been released as part of our #ExternalisationBulletin, Outsourcing Borders. Find more here: https://www.statewatch.org/news/2025/may/deportation-camps-eu-member-states-want-to-prevent-judicial-scrutiny/

The 6th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now! 🚨 It brings together:

• Analyses on EU impunity in Libya & billions to Egypt

• Civil society statements on Ceuta, Libya & more

• 32 leaked docs on deportation, detention & “safe third countries”

Read it now: https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-6/

The 5th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now! 🚨 

This issue focuses on the EU’s ‘Trumpian’ agenda for borders and deportations, and the increasing role of Frontex outside the EU. From visa and trade sanctions used as leverage to secretive decision-making processes, externalisation remains a dangerous and destabilising force in European policy.

What impact we made:
• We started our #ExternalisationBulletin with Migration Control to fight the secrecy surrounding the EU's border and migration policies.
• We investigated EU agencies to increase accountability and prevent further harm.
• We collaborated with journalists, organisations, academics and activists to expose state activity and inform dissent.

...And that's just a snippet.

Just out: #French translations of our #ExternalisationBulletin, Issue 03.

These cover the latest EU Council Working Group discussions on the topic and include two analyses:

1) on EU priorities for #Sudan
2) on migration agreements around the Central Mediterranean.

https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-3/

Just out: #Arabic translations of our #ExternalisationBulletin, Issue 03.

These cover the latest EU Council working group discussions on the topic and include two analyses:

1) on EU priorities for #Sudan
2) on migration agreements around the Central Mediterranean.

https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-3/

Our latest #ExternalisationBulletin with @MigControl makes documents from the highly secretive Coordination Group on Migration (CGM) public.

What is the CGM?

The CGM is a body in which the Commission and member states coordinate their spending on external migration projects. It falls under the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument (NDICI – Global Europe) and the Member States’ bilateral cooperation instruments.

What is in the documents? 👇

For more information, read the full analysis of the latest issue of #ExternalisationBulletin.

https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-3/ignoring-the-root-causes-of-disaster-the-eu-and-sudan/

While millions are forced to flee Sudan, the EU responds by shoring up border controls rather than offering meaningful support.

The last issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin covers this and more–detailing how the EU is failing to support the Sudanese people.

Here are some examples 🧵

The Tunisia "Action File" we obtained in March backed reports by The Guardian and EU Observer this week. The reports provide more evidence that the EU is complicit in horrific acts of violence against sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia.

We obtained a more recent document from DG NEAR, which further details funds for Tunisia. This document was recently released as part of our #ExternalisationBulletin.

The document's outline of fund allocation reiterates the stark disparity in EU priorities.

Did you know? 💡

In our latest #ExternalisationBulletin, we 've published almost two dozen documents from the secretive Operational Coordination Mechanism for the External Dimension of Migration, #MOCADEM.

States use secrecy to protect their interests and avoid scrutiny–which inhibits civil society’s ability to meaningfully influence policy.

We're working to change this by increasing #AccessToDocuments.

Find them here: https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/document-archive-council-working-parties/

Billions more euros are going to #externalisation 🧵

Documents analysed in our latest #ExternalisationBulletin with migration-control.info reveal plans to increase funds that don’t serve anyone except profiteers and political elites

https://www.statewatch.org/outsourcing-borders-monitoring-eu-externalisation-policy/bulletin-2/a-bottomless-pit-billions-more-euros-for-externalised-border-controls/

🚨 #Publication alert: New #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🧵

This second issue of this bi-monthly bulletin focuses on:
❌ how the #EU uses visa sanctions to increase deportations
❌ the increasing budget for #externalisation

#Externalisation is ❌ opaque ❌ ineffective and ❌ dangerous

Our bulletin with @MigControl & partners @BROT_furdiewelt @nothilfe @Misereor & @ProAsyl works to improve advocacy against it:
https://buff.ly/4eLoasE