UPDATE 💙💙 Thank you to everyone who donated so far! WE STILL NEED €2000 TO KEEP KARIM SAFE IN LIBYA WHILE HIS CASE AGAINST FRONTEX IS PENDING. DONATE + SHARE www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/help-ka... @front-lex.bsky.social @en.sea-watch.org @davidyambio.bsky.social

The European Union is handing refugees to Libyan militias. But there is another Union - the one between us. Join us. Help Karim fight back. Even the smallest contribution can help keep Karim safe until the judges decide his case.

It's not often we get to report on hopeful news Alaa Hamoudi won in the EU's top court against Frontex! This opens doors for many survivors of Frontex pushbacks. @bdeeb.bsky.social tells how he reported on Alaa's case back in 2020 with @bellingcat.com. And how this evidence ended up in court.

Alaa Hamoudi was very unlucky to end up in the hands of Frontex and its Greek partners, but his luck turned when Bashar found him, and thanks to Bashar and his colleagues from @lighthousereports.com and @bellingcat.com, Alaa’s case was ultimately brought before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social

Karim is a young asylum seeker from Sudan. He is trapped in Libya living under constant threat of abduction, extortion, & arbitrary detention by armed groups. Karim has been diagnosed with diabetes and needs consistent care,medication,and safe access to food www.refugeesinlibya.org/post/help-ka...

“When Hans Leijtens instructs the officer on duty to pass on the location of a refugee boat to the Libyan militia, both know that the intercepted refugees will be exposed in Libya to crimes against humanity " Hamoudi v Frontex and FM v Frontex, pending before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social 👇

For the full video, with English subtitles: www.linkedin.com/posts/front-...

“Thousands of people who, until now, had no chance of simply accessing the Court. I’m not talking about winning or losing a case - just knocking on the Court’s door and seeing a judge willing to provide judicial protection.” Front-LEX's @iftachco.bsky.social, speaking to RAI 3 on Hamoudi v Frontex

Watch the full interview with Alaa Hamoudi on RAI 3 (English subtitles — link in the comments). In it, he talks about the pushbacks by Greece and Frontex against him and 21 others, and explains what the Grand Chamber judgment of the EU Court means for him and for those who couldn’t fight back.

Ora disponibile su RAI 3 – Il cavallo e la Torre: servizio sul caso Hamoudi v Frontex www.raiplay.it/video/2025/1...

You read the judgment. Now watch the day it was delivered. RAI 3 followed Alaa Hamoudi and his legal team on the day the Grand Chamber of the  @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social delivered its landmark ruling in Hamoudi v Frontex. RAI 3, this evening at 20:40. 
Buona visione!

Alaa Hamoudi: «كنتُ أُصارع بين الحياة والموت. وهذا هو السبب الذي دفعني لمقاضاة فرونتكس». “I was struggling between life and death. That is why I sued @frontex.bsky.social.” www.infomigrants.net/ar/post/6888...

Vincent, if you wish to come clean and share more information about pullback operations jointly committed by Frontex and Libyan militias, or to receive legal advice regarding your personal liability, DM us.

Vincent actually helps Libyan militias intercept refugee boats and pull them back to Libya, where the “rescued” refugees are subjected to rape, torture, slavery, and murder upon disembarkation. FM v Frontex is still pending before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social

…very well done to all involved…

Last week, Alaa convinced the Grand Chamber to set new rules on evidence in all Frontex pushback cases. Judges found his account ‘sufficiently detailed, specific and consistent’ and sent the case back. Continuing this litigation is costly. If you can, help us pursue Alaa’s case

Lawyers representing a Syrian refugee say the EU's border agency Frontex fails to grasp what its own "strengthened safeguards" might look like in practice.

Frontex accused of blundering own 'safeguards' after Syrian refugee wins EU court battle

“Lawyers representing a Syrian refugee say...Frontex fails to grasp what its own so-called ‘strengthened safeguards’ might look like in practice… Hamoudi… took his case all the way to the general court … which he then lost… despite Hamoudi's pushback having also been documented by @bellingcat.com”

Gracias, querida Estrella!

Lo más importante, más allá de la victoria de Alaa Hamoudi, es el precedente que sienta para futuras devoluciones. Gracias a @drivaspacheco.bsky.social que ha seguido el caso estos años

@lolahierro.bsky.social in @elpais.com said: "The CJEU has entered an unexplored land on Thursday by issuing for the first time a sentence that blames Frontex." “The case came to public attention thanks to the investigative collective @bellingcat.com , which reconstructed the “phantom landing.”

Our Alaa Hamoudi to the @washingtonpost.com said the "ruling was not only a personal victory but “an important step toward justice for the men, women, and children who went through the same experience as I did ... and could not fight back.” #Frontex #Refugeerights #humanrights

Frontex impunity might stop today, but as Alaa said: "many others are still stripped of their rights every day at the borders of Europe." We need more Bellingcat and more people to document and collect evidence to hold Frontex to account. ✊

The work of Bellingcat and the open-source intelligence done on the case has been essential to bringing the case to the Court. The new standards of evidence decided by the Grand Chamber show even more how needed that work will be in the future. 👇

CJEU, border controls 🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...

Good news of the day 🔆

🟢 Breaking: Historic win against Frontex! The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has upheld our appeal in Hamoudi v Frontex, and overturned the order under appeal!

Excited with these news. We've been following this case for our documentary "I'm Alaa Hamoudi: Anatomy of an illegal pushback" for a long time. Alaa Hamoudi deserves a fair closure to his sad story. Fingers crossed, yeah! 🤞

Big news! On 18 December 2025 – the International Migrants Day – the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social will deliver its judgment in Hamoudi v Frontex. Alaa Hamoudi and his legal team have been waiting four years for this moment of truth. Fingers crossed, everybody.

Guess who's back? After weeks of intensive training and coming together as a crew, our Aurora and our Sea-Watch 5 are both ready for another round of fighting Fortress Europe! Because everyone has the right to freedom of movement ✊

If you are in Brussels on 10 December, join @davidyambio.bsky.social and @iftachco.bsky.social to discuss strategic litigation before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social - and just how much is at stake in the FM v Frontex case. @left.eu @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social left.eu/events/resis...

"Lorsque le directeur de Frontex, Hans Leijtens, donne l'ordre à un officier de remettre un bateau détecté dans les eaux internationales à la milice mafieuse des garde-côtes libyens, les deux hommes savent qu'ils renvoient ces hommes et ces femmes au viol, à l'esclavage, à la torture et à la mort."

“When the director of Frontex, Hans Leijtens, orders an officer to hand over a vessel detected on the high seas to the Libyan militia, both know they are sending those people to rape, slavery, torture, and murder,” explains @iftachco.bsky.social, co-director of @front-lex.bsky.social

We’re excited to share some internal updates: @iftachco.bsky.social and @omershatz.bsky.social will now serve as Co-Directors of Front-LEX - a step that will help us better lead our growing team and advance our expanding litigation projects.

We shouldn’t have to say this in 2025: hunting human beings is illegal––like many of Frontex’s activities, from cooperating with the Hellenic Coastguard to sharing the location of migrant boats with Libya, for which we have taken the agency to Court. www.streetpress.com/sujet/175853...

Jeancy Kimbenga, the Congolese refugee who was pushed back seven times from Turkey to Greece and sued Frontex for damages, responds to Frontex's demand for €7,680 in legal fees. via @fattoquotidiano.bsky.social www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/09/26/m...

Frontex, l'agence européenne des violences racistes aux frontières, réclame 7680 euros de "dédommagements" à un demandeur d'asile qui avait porté plainte contre elle après avoir subi sept refoulements illégaux en Mer Égée.

Frontex’s budget stands at €1 billion. Yet it demands €7,680 in legal fees from a refugee who endured seven pushbacks and dared to fight back. The EU’s legal system is designed to deter, not protect. 👉 www.publico.es/sociedad/mig...

La Agencia Europea de la Guardia de Fronteras y Costas reclama 7.680 euros a un migrante que sufrió siete devoluciones en caliente en el mar Egeo ✍️ Por Laura Anido

🧵Another migrant shipwreck makes the headlines. What does the headline tell you ❓ 20 people killed after their boat capsized off Lampedusa on 13 August.

Yet another shipwreck in front of the Italian coast. 20 (!!) dead so far— including a baby and three teens. Our fast rescue ship Aurora and other civil rescue ships could have helped immediately. Why did nobody alert us? Did Italy stand by while people were drowning?

“Dying at sea is more merciful than dying in one of the militia detention centres, or being traded as if we weren’t human,” says Omer, the applicant in FM v Frontex, in a rare interview @refugeesinlibya.bsky.social @en.sea-watch.org @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/desalambre/s...

Karims Klage gegen #Frontex hat schon Geschichte geschrieben, aber jetzt braucht er Eure Hilfe. Er sitzt in #Libyen fest, u. es wurde eine schwere Erkrankung diagnostiziert. Es braucht 4.000 € f. med. Notfallversorgung, sichere Unterkunft & Lebensmittel. www.refugeesinlibya.org/donate für „Karim”

Karim - an incredibly brave and kind person, and the applicant in FM v Frontex - needs your help more than ever. Please share and support!

Karim’s case against Frontex has already made history, but now he needs your help. Stuck in Libya, he was recently diagnosed with a serious illness. We are raising €4,000 for emergency medical care, safe shelter and food. Donate now (mention “Karim” as Honoree): www.refugeesinlibya.org/donate

The four refugees who just jumped into the sea to escape the LCG join dozens of similar cases we’ve brought in FM v. Frontex before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social How many more victims must be forcibly pulled back by Frontex and Libyan militias before the Court acts with urgency?

The four refugees who just jumped into the sea to escape the LCG join dozens of similar cases we’ve brought in FM v. Frontex before the @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social . How many more victims must be forcibly pulled back by Frontex and Libyan militias before the Court acts with urgency?