Frontex 2004-2026: how EU's border agency grew 204x.

Budget: €5.5M (2005) → €1.124B (2025).
Staff: 45 → 2,523. Standing Corps: 10,000 by 2027.

Guardian: 2,000 refugee deaths, 40,000 pushbacks linked to EU complicity.
OLAF raided director Leggeri's office Dec 2020. He's now an MEP for Le Pen's party.

138 lobby meetings 2017-2019. Zero human rights orgs. IAI Heron drones over Libya.

Full investigation: https://newsgroup.site/frontex-2004-2026-budget-pushbacks-olaf-leggeri-pillar/

#Frontex #EU #Migration #Surveillance #Pushbacks #Mediterranean

''Aegean Boat Report is honoured that its founder, Tommy Olsen, has been awarded the Annette Thommessen Honorary Award 2026 by #NOAS.

[...] While Norwegian courts recently rejected #Greece’s request to extradite #TommyOlsen, the European Arrest Warrant remains in place, highlighting the growing pressure faced by those who document and expose human rights violations.''

https://aegeanboatreport.com/2026/06/03/annette-thommessen-honorary-award-2026/

#AegeanBoatReport #RefugeesWelcome #NoBorders #HumanRightViolations #Europe #Pushbacks

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86vpq42dl0o

#pushbacks #migration #greece #commission #refugees

THIS IS NOT MY #EU NO MORE!!!!!

Not sure it ever was in reality ... I'm European by heart, but it seems Europe is a very heartless, vicious place ....

@EUCommission

Γαλλία / O πρώην διευθυντής της Frontex ερευνάται για εγκλήματα κατά της ανθρωπότητας στην Ελλάδα

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://tvxs.gr/news/ellada/gallia-o-proin-dieythyntis-tis-frontex-ereynatai-gia-egklimata-kata-tis-anthropotitas-stin-ellada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gallia-o-proin-dieythyntis-tis-frontex-ereynatai-gia-egklimata-kata-tis-anthropotitas-stin-ellada

#Frontex #FortEuropa #pushbacks #vluchtelingen #AbolishFrontex
Als het aan Brussel ligt, krijgt Frontex nóg meer bevoegdheden - de Kanttekening

https://dekanttekening.nl/zingeving/als-het-aan-brussel-ligt-krijgt-frontex-nog-meer-bevoegdheden/