Mos Maiorum is yet another battle in the war the EU has waged against an imaginary enemy.
Between 13 and 26 October, police forces of the Member States of the European Union (EU) are to conduct massive control operations both within the Schengen area and at its external borders.
A week after the commemoration of the tragedy of Lampedusa in October 2013, a “hunt on migrants” operation dubbed ‘Mos Maiorum’ is to be launched in collaboration with Frontex and Europol. The large-scale (…)

The Mare Nostrum operation is scheduled to end on 1 November 2014. After the commemoration of the 3 October 2013 shipwreck, the question must be asked as to what will replace this mechanism that was deployed by Italy in the context of conflicts taking place at the gates of Europe, pushing tens of thousands of people to leave as they seek protection.
The European Commission and the EU Member States have not proposed any solution that may take over from Mare Nostrum and put an end to the (…)

The deployment of Frontex is impairing the right of asylum

20/06/2014-Refugees international day
At the Greek-Turkish border, the European Agency for controlling the external borders, Frontex, is taking part in a process that prevents refugees from benefitting from international protection. The latest report of the FRONTEXIT Campaign, “Frontex between Greece and Turkey: The Border of Denial”, underlines the dramatic consequences of the intensification of surveillance at that border (push-backs, lack of access to the asylum procedure, physical and (…)

Open letter to the French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls
and to the French Minister of the Interior, Bernard Cazeneuve
on the migratory situation in Calais and its surroundings, as well as on the English Channel and the North Sea coasts
10th of July 2014
M. le Premier ministre Hôtel de Matignon 57, rue de Varenne 75700 Paris
M. le Ministre de l’Intérieur Place Beauvau 75800 Paris Cedex 08
Dear Prime Minister, Dear Minister of the Interior,
The policy you are pursuing in (…)