Frey Lindsay
@freylindsay.bsky.social
Journalist - migration (all kinds, except bird and data). Reporting on Europe's border externalisation machine for @statewatch.bsky.social. He/him.
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NEW: For the last few years, calls to reform the seasonal worker visa have gone largely ignored
Now, the government has even rejected several recommendations from its own independent immigration advisers...
Story link in the replies ⬇️ @mellino.bsky.social
Now, the government has even rejected several recommendations from its own independent immigration advisers...
Story link in the replies ⬇️ @mellino.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
NEW: For the last few years, calls to reform the seasonal worker visa have gone largely ignored
Now, the government has even rejected several recommendations from its own independent immigration advisers...
Story link in the replies ⬇️ @mellino.bsky.social
Now, the government has even rejected several recommendations from its own independent immigration advisers...
Story link in the replies ⬇️ @mellino.bsky.social
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Unsurprisingly, the EU's supposedly “new and innovative solution” to migration is a re-packaged and previously rejected one.
Read more in the article by @freylindsay.bsky.social: buff.ly/yGtueHB
Read more in the article by @freylindsay.bsky.social: buff.ly/yGtueHB
February 16, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Unsurprisingly, the EU's supposedly “new and innovative solution” to migration is a re-packaged and previously rejected one.
Read more in the article by @freylindsay.bsky.social: buff.ly/yGtueHB
Read more in the article by @freylindsay.bsky.social: buff.ly/yGtueHB
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NEW - JAMRADIO - (EXCLUSIVE)
Windrush Statutory Public Inquiry?
The Home Office Minister can’t answer a simple question:
Why do Post Office Scandal and Infected Blood Scandal victims get full public inquiries, but Windrush Scandal victims don’t?
Windrush Statutory Public Inquiry?
The Home Office Minister can’t answer a simple question:
Why do Post Office Scandal and Infected Blood Scandal victims get full public inquiries, but Windrush Scandal victims don’t?
February 15, 2026 at 1:03 AM
NEW - JAMRADIO - (EXCLUSIVE)
Windrush Statutory Public Inquiry?
The Home Office Minister can’t answer a simple question:
Why do Post Office Scandal and Infected Blood Scandal victims get full public inquiries, but Windrush Scandal victims don’t?
Windrush Statutory Public Inquiry?
The Home Office Minister can’t answer a simple question:
Why do Post Office Scandal and Infected Blood Scandal victims get full public inquiries, but Windrush Scandal victims don’t?
Been listening to the Civil Fleet podcast for ages, so had a great time babbling on about the 'Libyan Coast Guard' and the other random EU migration shenanigans we track at @statewatch.bsky.social . Thanks to Ben for editing me into something resembling coherence...
🚨NEW EPISODE 🎧
Frey Lindsey from @statewatch.bsky.social tells us how the Libyan Coastguard isn’t a unified organisation but a mixture of armed factions.
We also discuss a leaked EU document proposing new ‘place of safety arrangements’ with non-European Mediterranean countries.
Frey Lindsey from @statewatch.bsky.social tells us how the Libyan Coastguard isn’t a unified organisation but a mixture of armed factions.
We also discuss a leaked EU document proposing new ‘place of safety arrangements’ with non-European Mediterranean countries.
February 14, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Been listening to the Civil Fleet podcast for ages, so had a great time babbling on about the 'Libyan Coast Guard' and the other random EU migration shenanigans we track at @statewatch.bsky.social . Thanks to Ben for editing me into something resembling coherence...
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🚨NEW EPISODE 🎧
Frey Lindsey from @statewatch.bsky.social tells us how the Libyan Coastguard isn’t a unified organisation but a mixture of armed factions.
We also discuss a leaked EU document proposing new ‘place of safety arrangements’ with non-European Mediterranean countries.
Frey Lindsey from @statewatch.bsky.social tells us how the Libyan Coastguard isn’t a unified organisation but a mixture of armed factions.
We also discuss a leaked EU document proposing new ‘place of safety arrangements’ with non-European Mediterranean countries.
February 14, 2026 at 8:03 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE 🎧
Frey Lindsey from @statewatch.bsky.social tells us how the Libyan Coastguard isn’t a unified organisation but a mixture of armed factions.
We also discuss a leaked EU document proposing new ‘place of safety arrangements’ with non-European Mediterranean countries.
Frey Lindsey from @statewatch.bsky.social tells us how the Libyan Coastguard isn’t a unified organisation but a mixture of armed factions.
We also discuss a leaked EU document proposing new ‘place of safety arrangements’ with non-European Mediterranean countries.
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Statement just sent to me by SOS Humanity:
'Sea-Watch 5 detained: Second Justice Fleet vessel punished for non-communication with Libya'
'Sea-Watch 5 detained: Second Justice Fleet vessel punished for non-communication with Libya'
January 31, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Statement just sent to me by SOS Humanity:
'Sea-Watch 5 detained: Second Justice Fleet vessel punished for non-communication with Libya'
'Sea-Watch 5 detained: Second Justice Fleet vessel punished for non-communication with Libya'
Very strong words from Mehdi Kassou of BelRefugees on the EU/Belgium working with the Taliban on deportations: "Administration is never neutral when it involves identifying people, classifying them and producing decisions that determine their future, their freedom and sometimes their survival"
Collaborer avec le régime des talibans au nom de l’« administratif » ?
Freddy Roosemont, DG de l’office des étrangers, s’est rendu en Afghanistan en vue de négocier avec le régime Taliban la possibilité d’organiser l’identification et l’expulsion des personnes afghanes p...
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January 30, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Very strong words from Mehdi Kassou of BelRefugees on the EU/Belgium working with the Taliban on deportations: "Administration is never neutral when it involves identifying people, classifying them and producing decisions that determine their future, their freedom and sometimes their survival"
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Interested in US border control and the experience of claiming asylum? Juliana in Arizona talks about what it's like : blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Motherhood under Surveillance: The Gendered Violence of
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Interested in US border control and the experience of claiming asylum? Juliana in Arizona talks about what it's like : blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
The other day I spoke to journalist Adejuwon Soyinka on his new video podcast The Insight, about how the EU wants to ramp up the deportation of Nigerians + West Africans, and how these often brutal 'returns' are already a regular occurence, done largely in secret. www.youtube.com/watch?v=du3I...
Why Europe Is Deporting Nigerians
YouTube video by The Insight Vodcast
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January 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
The other day I spoke to journalist Adejuwon Soyinka on his new video podcast The Insight, about how the EU wants to ramp up the deportation of Nigerians + West Africans, and how these often brutal 'returns' are already a regular occurence, done largely in secret. www.youtube.com/watch?v=du3I...
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Mehrere Abgeordnete der #AfD bejubeln #Trumps Vorgehen in #Venezuela und zeigen ihre Verachtung gegenüber dem #Völkerrecht. Sie folgen Trumps Weltbild: dem Recht des Stärkeren – geprägt vom nationalsozialistischen Vordenker Carl Schmitt.
Trumps Venezuela-Angriff beflügelt AfD-Politiker
AfD-Abgeordnete bejubeln Trumps Vorgehen in Venezuela und bewundern den nationalsozialistischen Vordenker Carl Schmitt.
correctiv.org
January 9, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Mehrere Abgeordnete der #AfD bejubeln #Trumps Vorgehen in #Venezuela und zeigen ihre Verachtung gegenüber dem #Völkerrecht. Sie folgen Trumps Weltbild: dem Recht des Stärkeren – geprägt vom nationalsozialistischen Vordenker Carl Schmitt.
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Are the EU's border policy plans similar to the US?
Listen in as Statewatch journalist Frey Lindsay shares the answer on Lagos Talks radio.
Want to help change the direction? Follow our bulletin, Outsourcing borders, here: buff.ly/8qfXgJa
Speaker: @freylindsay.bsky.social
Listen in as Statewatch journalist Frey Lindsay shares the answer on Lagos Talks radio.
Want to help change the direction? Follow our bulletin, Outsourcing borders, here: buff.ly/8qfXgJa
Speaker: @freylindsay.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Are the EU's border policy plans similar to the US?
Listen in as Statewatch journalist Frey Lindsay shares the answer on Lagos Talks radio.
Want to help change the direction? Follow our bulletin, Outsourcing borders, here: buff.ly/8qfXgJa
Speaker: @freylindsay.bsky.social
Listen in as Statewatch journalist Frey Lindsay shares the answer on Lagos Talks radio.
Want to help change the direction? Follow our bulletin, Outsourcing borders, here: buff.ly/8qfXgJa
Speaker: @freylindsay.bsky.social
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EU doubles its pullback system in #Libya:
Renegade Benghazi to receive control centre and surveillance tower to prevent increasing departures of migrant boats to #Crete. This will benefit the murderous militia TBZ.
digit.site36.net/2026/01/06/e...
Renegade Benghazi to receive control centre and surveillance tower to prevent increasing departures of migrant boats to #Crete. This will benefit the murderous militia TBZ.
digit.site36.net/2026/01/06/e...
EU doubles pullback system in Libya: Renegade Benghazi to receive control centre and coastguard equipment | Matthias Monroy
Control centre and surveillance tower: the EU is copying its backdoor model from western Libya to the east. Notorious militias are to intercept refugees on a new route to Crete. Following a landmark…
digit.site36.net
January 6, 2026 at 3:54 PM
EU doubles its pullback system in #Libya:
Renegade Benghazi to receive control centre and surveillance tower to prevent increasing departures of migrant boats to #Crete. This will benefit the murderous militia TBZ.
digit.site36.net/2026/01/06/e...
Renegade Benghazi to receive control centre and surveillance tower to prevent increasing departures of migrant boats to #Crete. This will benefit the murderous militia TBZ.
digit.site36.net/2026/01/06/e...
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Leitstelle und Wachturm: Die EU kopiert ihr Hintertür-Modell aus Westlibyen in den Osten. Berüchtigte Milizen sollen damit Geflüchtete auf einer neuen Route nach Kreta abfangen.
EU verdoppelt Pullback-System in Libyen
Leitstelle und Wachturm: Die EU kopiert ihr Hintertür-Modell aus Westlibyen in den Osten. Berüchtigte Milizen sollen damit Geflüchtete auf einer neuen Route nach Kreta abfangen.
buff.ly
January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Leitstelle und Wachturm: Die EU kopiert ihr Hintertür-Modell aus Westlibyen in den Osten. Berüchtigte Milizen sollen damit Geflüchtete auf einer neuen Route nach Kreta abfangen.
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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
• Threats to undermine EU's new migration "solidarity" system
And more, here: buff.ly/GK3RMMW
This edition covers:
• Efforts to expand Frontex’s mandate
• Growing concerns over the EU’s digital border systems
• Threats to undermine EU's new migration "solidarity" system
And more, here: buff.ly/GK3RMMW
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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
• Threats to undermine EU's new migration "solidarity" system
And more, here: buff.ly/GK3RMMW
This edition covers:
• Efforts to expand Frontex’s mandate
• Growing concerns over the EU’s digital border systems
• Threats to undermine EU's new migration "solidarity" system
And more, here: buff.ly/GK3RMMW
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The 11th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is here.
Here are some of the updates.
1. Global counter-smuggling alliance:
The EU prepares a joint declaration for its global alliance on migrant smuggling, aiming to extend enforcement powers “along the whole route.”
Here are some of the updates.
1. Global counter-smuggling alliance:
The EU prepares a joint declaration for its global alliance on migrant smuggling, aiming to extend enforcement powers “along the whole route.”
November 5, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The 11th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is here.
Here are some of the updates.
1. Global counter-smuggling alliance:
The EU prepares a joint declaration for its global alliance on migrant smuggling, aiming to extend enforcement powers “along the whole route.”
Here are some of the updates.
1. Global counter-smuggling alliance:
The EU prepares a joint declaration for its global alliance on migrant smuggling, aiming to extend enforcement powers “along the whole route.”
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1/ What does the increasing relationship between Europol and private companies mean for our rights and democratic process?
That's precisely what we cover in our latest analysis by @giacomoza.bsky.social
That's precisely what we cover in our latest analysis by @giacomoza.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
1/ What does the increasing relationship between Europol and private companies mean for our rights and democratic process?
That's precisely what we cover in our latest analysis by @giacomoza.bsky.social
That's precisely what we cover in our latest analysis by @giacomoza.bsky.social
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"I am convinced that the Sudanese people are capable of making peace and shaping their future."
How Sudanese refugees have adapted to displacement in Uganda ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
How Sudanese refugees have adapted to displacement in Uganda ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Sudanese in Uganda: ‘Life didn’t stop with the war’
Displacement is tough, but friendly policies and an adaptable mindset have helped Sudanese refugees to rebuild
www.opendemocracy.net
October 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
"I am convinced that the Sudanese people are capable of making peace and shaping their future."
How Sudanese refugees have adapted to displacement in Uganda ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
How Sudanese refugees have adapted to displacement in Uganda ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
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The 10th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨
It covers:
• Progress on plans for major migration routes
• Frontex projects proposed in Egypt & Morocco
• Potential deportations from EU to Côte d’Ivoire
• & more.
Full issue, compiled by @freylindsay.bsky.social, here:
buff.ly/bWL4McV
It covers:
• Progress on plans for major migration routes
• Frontex projects proposed in Egypt & Morocco
• Potential deportations from EU to Côte d’Ivoire
• & more.
Full issue, compiled by @freylindsay.bsky.social, here:
buff.ly/bWL4McV
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The 10th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨
It covers:
• Progress on plans for major migration routes
• Frontex projects proposed in Egypt & Morocco
• Potential deportations from EU to Côte d’Ivoire
• & more.
Full issue, compiled by @freylindsay.bsky.social, here:
buff.ly/bWL4McV
It covers:
• Progress on plans for major migration routes
• Frontex projects proposed in Egypt & Morocco
• Potential deportations from EU to Côte d’Ivoire
• & more.
Full issue, compiled by @freylindsay.bsky.social, here:
buff.ly/bWL4McV
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Last week at @periodismomigra.bsky.social we had a great conversation w @gonzalofanjul.bsky.social @josebautista.bsky.social about development agencies and EU funds in externalization policies.
I wrote about the surveillance component of this EU approach to cooperation
gr.boell.org/en/2025/09/3...
I wrote about the surveillance component of this EU approach to cooperation
gr.boell.org/en/2025/09/3...
Outsourcing surveillance: The technological side of border externalisation | Heinrich Böll Stiftung - Thessaloniki Office
One of the latest iterations of the border externalisation strategy includes the export of surveillance technologies and border control infrastructure. These tools – ranging from biometric databases a...
gr.boell.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Last week at @periodismomigra.bsky.social we had a great conversation w @gonzalofanjul.bsky.social @josebautista.bsky.social about development agencies and EU funds in externalization policies.
I wrote about the surveillance component of this EU approach to cooperation
gr.boell.org/en/2025/09/3...
I wrote about the surveillance component of this EU approach to cooperation
gr.boell.org/en/2025/09/3...
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🙋 Our colleague @dianavolpe.bsky.social providing much needed insight on how Italy outsources its 'dirty work' to Libya as part of a migration agreement, and why recent attacks on rescue ships are unlikely to turn the tide ⤵️
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
Italy-Libya migration pact under scrutiny as bullets fly
Years of criticism of an EU-backed migration pact between Italy and Libya are coming to a head as migrant rescuers say the Libyan coastguard has begun firing directly at them.
www.rfi.fr
October 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM
🙋 Our colleague @dianavolpe.bsky.social providing much needed insight on how Italy outsources its 'dirty work' to Libya as part of a migration agreement, and why recent attacks on rescue ships are unlikely to turn the tide ⤵️
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
www.rfi.fr/en/internati...
With the help of @wlacher.bsky.social, analyst Marc Tilley and researcher Diana Volpe, I've attempted something approaching a comprehensive* explainer on what the Libyan Coast Guard is, and is not for @infomigrants.net www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6722...
The Libyan Coast Guard – explained
The Libyan Coast Guard is often in the spotlight, in connection with the role it plays in irregular migration from Libya to Europe. This attention has sharpened in recent years as it is increasingly i...
www.infomigrants.net
October 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
With the help of @wlacher.bsky.social, analyst Marc Tilley and researcher Diana Volpe, I've attempted something approaching a comprehensive* explainer on what the Libyan Coast Guard is, and is not for @infomigrants.net www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6722...
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Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand.
Aslı Salihoğlu and @cthibos.bsky.social kicking off our new series on refugee labour in the global economy ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Aslı Salihoğlu and @cthibos.bsky.social kicking off our new series on refugee labour in the global economy ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Disposable yet indispensable: refugees in the global economy
Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand
www.opendemocracy.net
October 6, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Labour markets and refugees are increasingly dependent on each other, but the markets always have the upper hand.
Aslı Salihoğlu and @cthibos.bsky.social kicking off our new series on refugee labour in the global economy ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
Aslı Salihoğlu and @cthibos.bsky.social kicking off our new series on refugee labour in the global economy ⤵️
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
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The Libyan Coast Guard - explained @freylindsay.bsky.social @infomigrants.net
The Libyan Coast Guard – explained
The Libyan Coast Guard is often in the spotlight, in connection with the role it plays in irregular migration from Libya to Europe. This attention has sharpened in recent years as it is increasingly i...
www.infomigrants.net
October 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The Libyan Coast Guard - explained @freylindsay.bsky.social @infomigrants.net
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The EU’s latest idea is to deport people to countries they have zero connection to.
EU member states are talking about changing the “safe third country” rules so they can deport more people—even if it means undermining safeguards. And the Council agrees.
Read more: buff.ly/8RuyAP4
EU member states are talking about changing the “safe third country” rules so they can deport more people—even if it means undermining safeguards. And the Council agrees.
Read more: buff.ly/8RuyAP4
September 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The EU’s latest idea is to deport people to countries they have zero connection to.
EU member states are talking about changing the “safe third country” rules so they can deport more people—even if it means undermining safeguards. And the Council agrees.
Read more: buff.ly/8RuyAP4
EU member states are talking about changing the “safe third country” rules so they can deport more people—even if it means undermining safeguards. And the Council agrees.
Read more: buff.ly/8RuyAP4
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I shared some of my thoughts on the relationship between the EU, search and rescue NGOs, and the so-called Libyan coast guard in a conversation with Frey here:
Everybody knows the Libyan Coast Guard is involved in the mass abuse/torture/murder of people in Libya. Over the years this hasn't been enough for the EU to break off its partnership. The LCG is now targeting NGOs - apparently that used to be a Commission red line, but we'll see if it still is.
The Libyan Coast Guard fired hundreds of bullets at a rescue ship. The European Commission had suggested direct fire would be a ‘red line’. Now the line has been crossed, they show no signs of ending the partnership with Libya. ✍️ @freylindsay.bsky.social
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...
September 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I shared some of my thoughts on the relationship between the EU, search and rescue NGOs, and the so-called Libyan coast guard in a conversation with Frey here: