Transgressive Border Control: Talking Human Rights with Frontex

Frontex – the European Border and Coast Guard Agency – can be a point of conflict for many.

It is an Agency that have repeatedly been in the spotlight for their handling of migrants, and in 2025 we have already seen a case at the EU Court of Justice, FRONTEX is being sued by a Syrian family over illegal pushbacks. A case with potentially far-reaching consequences for EU migration policy and Frontex’s accountability.  

As EU citizens we often follow the media coverage but are much less knowledgeable about how Frontex actually operates both internally and on a practical level. In the political externality humanitarian work for refugees at the EU’s borders is increasingly criminalized. 

To dive into all of this, Nyt Europa has the unique opportunity to welcome Jonas Grimheden, Human Rights Officer at Frontex. Grimheden advice and monitors the situation at the EU’s external borders, focusing…