FM v Frontex

Karim is a young asylum seeker from Darfur, Sudan. He is trapped in Libya, where simply being a Black refugee means living under constant threat of abduction, extortion, and arbitrary detention by armed groups. Karim has been diagnosed with diabetes and needs consistent care, medication, and safe access to food, none of which is stable or safe where he is. Since the case was filed in 2024, Karim has been forced to move shelters more than 35 times. While he is being pushed fr

Karim (name changed for his protection) is a young asylum seeker from Darfur, Sudan, who is currently suing Frontex at the Court of Justice of the EU. Since fleeing Sudan’s war and persecution, he has been trapped in Libya—one of the most dangerous places in the world for refugees. He is currently hiding in a makeshift shelter in Tripoli, which he rarely dares to leave for fear of being detained, abused, or enslaved by militias. Karim's only chance to protect his life is to c

Court of Justice of the European Union, May 2024 Refugees in Libya and front-LEX filed a legal notice pursuant to Art. 265 TFEU requesting Frontex’s Executive Director, Mr. Hans Leijtens, to partially terminate the Agency’s aerial surveillance activities in the ‘pre-frontier area’ in the Central Mediterranean. To prevent asylum seekers fleeing crimes against humanity in Libya from reaching the EU, Frontex systematically and unlawfully transmits the geolocalisation of refugee