Luděk Stavinoha
@stavinoha.bsky.social
Associate Prof in Media and Global Development @ University of East Anglia
Researching borders & camps | resistance & solidarity | transparency, #FOI & public spheres
Researching borders & camps | resistance & solidarity | transparency, #FOI & public spheres
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Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
wearesolomon.com
For years, human rights advocates have warned of the criminalisation of migrants & activists at Europe’s borders.
With @balkanizator.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we shed light on the opaque role of Frontex and Europol in drawing thousands into this dragnet.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
With @balkanizator.bsky.social & @lolahierro.bsky.social we shed light on the opaque role of Frontex and Europol in drawing thousands into this dragnet.
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
It's more than 3 years since Frontex Executive Director promised to make the EU border agency more transparent.
We're all still waiting...
We're all still waiting...
September 25, 2026 at 12:34 PM
It's more than 3 years since Frontex Executive Director promised to make the EU border agency more transparent.
We're all still waiting...
We're all still waiting...
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
My book, Unruly Subjects, is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social 📘✨
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
September 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My book, Unruly Subjects, is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social 📘✨
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
"What we see, we pass on". And that's precisely the problem. That's precisely how Frontex becomes routinely complicit in a regime of deadly pushbacks and pullbacks, as documented by the agency itself.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
September 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"What we see, we pass on". And that's precisely the problem. That's precisely how Frontex becomes routinely complicit in a regime of deadly pushbacks and pullbacks, as documented by the agency itself.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
"What we see, we pass on". And that's precisely the problem. That's precisely how Frontex becomes routinely complicit in a regime of deadly pushbacks and pullbacks, as documented by the agency itself.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
September 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
"What we see, we pass on". And that's precisely the problem. That's precisely how Frontex becomes routinely complicit in a regime of deadly pushbacks and pullbacks, as documented by the agency itself.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
Detect, alert, share, and, occasionally, drown, would be be a more accurate motto.
My book, Unruly Subjects, is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social 📘✨
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
September 3, 2026 at 1:06 PM
My book, Unruly Subjects, is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social 📘✨
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
For the last decade, I’ve been researching Europe’s border struggles in Greece, in the Aegean archipelago. It's a look at how people - citizens and non-citizens - carve out spaces of hope amidst state violence and abandonment. (1/4)
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times.
August 30, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times.
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
These passages are part of this essay of mine from late 2020 when we were supposed to appease fascists for beating them at the polls, in ways no one ever asked fascists to appease/understand/pander to us.
Rebecca Solnit: On Not Meeting Nazis Halfway
When Trump won the 2016 election—while losing the popular vote—the New York Times seemed obsessed with running features about what Trump voters were feeling and thinking. These pieces treated them …
lithub.com
August 23, 2026 at 6:22 PM
These passages are part of this essay of mine from late 2020 when we were supposed to appease fascists for beating them at the polls, in ways no one ever asked fascists to appease/understand/pander to us.
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
Hard to overstate what an extreme position* is being advocated by the FT here, in historical terms
1/🧵
*she gets it wrong of course: settlement after 5 or 10 years is standard now (for those who qualify: it’s not “automatic”); Mahmood proposes to increase it to 20 years or never for many people
1/🧵
*she gets it wrong of course: settlement after 5 or 10 years is standard now (for those who qualify: it’s not “automatic”); Mahmood proposes to increase it to 20 years or never for many people
August 22, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Hard to overstate what an extreme position* is being advocated by the FT here, in historical terms
1/🧵
*she gets it wrong of course: settlement after 5 or 10 years is standard now (for those who qualify: it’s not “automatic”); Mahmood proposes to increase it to 20 years or never for many people
1/🧵
*she gets it wrong of course: settlement after 5 or 10 years is standard now (for those who qualify: it’s not “automatic”); Mahmood proposes to increase it to 20 years or never for many people
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
"They started kicking everybody, including women & elderly people, to throw them inside the...boats, even a 2-month-old baby." A year after Frontex boss Hans Leijtens said abuses like these kept him "awake at night", plus ça change...
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
tinyurl.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"They started kicking everybody, including women & elderly people, to throw them inside the...boats, even a 2-month-old baby." A year after Frontex boss Hans Leijtens said abuses like these kept him "awake at night", plus ça change...
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
@stavinoha.bsky.social and @grillmeier.bsky.social investigate of the growing violations of migrants’ rights in Greece. The article examines the lack of action following reports to the Fundamental Rights Office of Frontex
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency, which have so far failed to prompt meaningful action.
f.mtr.cool
August 7, 2026 at 11:03 AM
@stavinoha.bsky.social and @grillmeier.bsky.social investigate of the growing violations of migrants’ rights in Greece. The article examines the lack of action following reports to the Fundamental Rights Office of Frontex
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
Delighted to read in Europol's internal correspondence that a certain "researcher & journo" (👀) "appears" merely "to be dissatisfied"; that there is "no issue" in the way the agency handles FOI requests.
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
August 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Delighted to read in Europol's internal correspondence that a certain "researcher & journo" (👀) "appears" merely "to be dissatisfied"; that there is "no issue" in the way the agency handles FOI requests.
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
Delighted to read in Europol's internal correspondence that a certain "researcher & journo" (👀) "appears" merely "to be dissatisfied"; that there is "no issue" in the way the agency handles FOI requests.
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
August 4, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Delighted to read in Europol's internal correspondence that a certain "researcher & journo" (👀) "appears" merely "to be dissatisfied"; that there is "no issue" in the way the agency handles FOI requests.
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
Let's review the record of just one recent complaint, shall we?
"They started kicking everybody, including women & elderly people, to throw them inside the...boats, even a 2-month-old baby." A year after Frontex boss Hans Leijtens said abuses like these kept him "awake at night", plus ça change...
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
tinyurl.com
July 21, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"They started kicking everybody, including women & elderly people, to throw them inside the...boats, even a 2-month-old baby." A year after Frontex boss Hans Leijtens said abuses like these kept him "awake at night", plus ça change...
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
For @lemonde.fr w/ @grillmeier.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/2b4dpkh5
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
Last year, Frontex director Hans Leijtens said he was getting "impatient" with Greece's human rights track record.
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
www.lemonde.fr
July 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Last year, Frontex director Hans Leijtens said he was getting "impatient" with Greece's human rights track record.
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
Our investigation shows that the numerous alerts issued by Frontex's internal rights watchdog (FRO) over the past year have not only gone largely unheeded - Frontex is planning to enlarge its mission for the years to come.
With @stavinoha.bsky.social at @lemonde.fr
With @stavinoha.bsky.social at @lemonde.fr
July 18, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Our investigation shows that the numerous alerts issued by Frontex's internal rights watchdog (FRO) over the past year have not only gone largely unheeded - Frontex is planning to enlarge its mission for the years to come.
With @stavinoha.bsky.social at @lemonde.fr
With @stavinoha.bsky.social at @lemonde.fr
Last year, Frontex director Hans Leijtens said he was getting "impatient" with Greece's human rights track record.
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Frontex continuing mission in Greece despite serious violations of migrants' rights
How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...
www.lemonde.fr
July 18, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Last year, Frontex director Hans Leijtens said he was getting "impatient" with Greece's human rights track record.
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
W/ @grillmeier.bsky.social, we found that, since then, continuous reports of violent pushbacks have led to no meaningful action from the EU border agency.
www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
More than three years after Hans Leijtens vowed to make Frontex more transparent - this is the state of play: its most senior decision-making body insulated from virtually any public scrutiny.
July 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
More than three years after Hans Leijtens vowed to make Frontex more transparent - this is the state of play: its most senior decision-making body insulated from virtually any public scrutiny.
More than three years after Hans Leijtens vowed to make Frontex more transparent - this is the state of play: its most senior decision-making body insulated from virtually any public scrutiny.
July 16, 2026 at 9:27 AM
More than three years after Hans Leijtens vowed to make Frontex more transparent - this is the state of play: its most senior decision-making body insulated from virtually any public scrutiny.
Excessive delays, redactions, refusals - there are not many wins in the struggle to make Europol more transparent. But, after years of legalistic gaslighting, Europol now finally acknowledges that its interpretation of EU law was erroneous all along; and has vowed to amend its internal FOI rules.
July 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Excessive delays, redactions, refusals - there are not many wins in the struggle to make Europol more transparent. But, after years of legalistic gaslighting, Europol now finally acknowledges that its interpretation of EU law was erroneous all along; and has vowed to amend its internal FOI rules.
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
The famous "Wedges" paper was used repeatedly to shut us up when we argued against the continued use of fossil fuels, and, esp, against carbon capture and storage and the mass use of bioenergy. "But these eminent scientists say ..." Now we learn BP co-authored it. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...
How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
www.propublica.org
June 30, 2026 at 7:30 AM
The famous "Wedges" paper was used repeatedly to shut us up when we argued against the continued use of fossil fuels, and, esp, against carbon capture and storage and the mass use of bioenergy. "But these eminent scientists say ..." Now we learn BP co-authored it. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
BP not only funded the research behind the influential “Wedges” climate science paper, but company execs even tried to revise versions of it.
“Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper,” a BP climate adviser wrote the researchers at one point.
“Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper,” a BP climate adviser wrote the researchers at one point.
How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy
BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.
www.propublica.org
June 28, 2026 at 3:00 AM
BP not only funded the research behind the influential “Wedges” climate science paper, but company execs even tried to revise versions of it.
“Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper,” a BP climate adviser wrote the researchers at one point.
“Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper,” a BP climate adviser wrote the researchers at one point.
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
Just when you think you've seen all the absurdities from Frontex's 'transparency' office...you learn that the EU border agency is fighting 'criminals' by redacting sub-heading (of the minutes of its Fundamental Rights Compliance Panel).
Orwell wept, once again.
Orwell wept, once again.
May 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Just when you think you've seen all the absurdities from Frontex's 'transparency' office...you learn that the EU border agency is fighting 'criminals' by redacting sub-heading (of the minutes of its Fundamental Rights Compliance Panel).
Orwell wept, once again.
Orwell wept, once again.
Just when you think you've seen all the absurdities from Frontex's 'transparency' office...you learn that the EU border agency is fighting 'criminals' by redacting sub-heading (of the minutes of its Fundamental Rights Compliance Panel).
Orwell wept, once again.
Orwell wept, once again.
May 15, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Just when you think you've seen all the absurdities from Frontex's 'transparency' office...you learn that the EU border agency is fighting 'criminals' by redacting sub-heading (of the minutes of its Fundamental Rights Compliance Panel).
Orwell wept, once again.
Orwell wept, once again.
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
For the first time, former high-ranking insiders have blown the whistle on Europol's 'shadow IT' system that, for years, operated w/ basic security and privacy safeguards required under EU law. Our investigation tells the story of how Europol appears to have gone rogue:
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
“They protect the law while breaking it”: Inside Europol’s Shadow IT System
Europol has created secret data analysis platforms that have put innocent citizens at risk – an issue that appears to remain unresolved today.
correctiv.org
May 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
For the first time, former high-ranking insiders have blown the whistle on Europol's 'shadow IT' system that, for years, operated w/ basic security and privacy safeguards required under EU law. Our investigation tells the story of how Europol appears to have gone rogue:
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
Reposted by Luděk Stavinoha
Datenanalyse: „Europol hat über Jahre ein paralleles Datensystem betrieben, das jenseits rechtsstaatlicher Kontrolle arbeitet“, sagt Birgit Sippel. Doch kocht der „Pressure Cooker“ noch? netzpolitik.org/2026/correct...
Europol betreibt mutmaßlich illegale Datenanalyseplattformen
Die europäische Polizeibehörde Europol hat offenbar jahrelang eine Schatten-IT betrieben. Mitarbeitende sollen damit widerrechtlich große Mengen an personenbezogenen Daten durchsucht und ausgewertet h...
netzpolitik.org
May 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Datenanalyse: „Europol hat über Jahre ein paralleles Datensystem betrieben, das jenseits rechtsstaatlicher Kontrolle arbeitet“, sagt Birgit Sippel. Doch kocht der „Pressure Cooker“ noch? netzpolitik.org/2026/correct...