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borderviolence.bsky.social
Network of grassroots organizations documenting illegal pushbacks & police violence by EU member state authorities in the Western Balkans and Greece.
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#ProtectNotSurveil position paper: We demand the full rejection of the #Europol reform! 👎 Here’s why: ❌ Fails to protect migrants or reduce border deaths 👁 Power grab by Europol 🛑 Criminalisation of migrants and solidarity organisers Read more: protectnotsurveil.eu/uploads/Prot...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

We will publish our position paper on the EU’s #Europol reform soon! Stay tuned and follow #ProtectNotSurveil as we reflect on this controversial European police cooperation agency this week!

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Important users on Lesvos and other borders in the Aegean: @cptlesvos.bsky.social @legalcentrelesvos.bsky.social @rsaegean.bsky.social @alarmphone.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Mobile Info Team, @ihaverights.bsky.social and Equal Legal Aid, just submitted evidence to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe regarding the implementation of the ECtHR ruling on M.S.S. v. Belgium and Greece.

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

📢 We are hiring a Research Officer! MIT is seeking an a dedicated, compassionate individual with strong experience in research & knowledge of human rights, to further our advocacy efforts in support of people on the move in Greece. Details & how to apply 👉 www.mobileinfoteam.org/research-off...

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1/2 🟠BVMN’s December report is now online. borderviolence.eu/reports/balk... With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things: ❌ Snowstorm and emergency evacuation from Lipa camp ❌ New report on migration detention in Austria

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

Cuentas importantes para saber qué ocurre en Lesbos y otras fronteras en el Egeo: @cptlesvos.bsky.social @legalcentrelesvos.bsky.social @rsaegean.bsky.social @alarmphone.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social

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💥 Some good news in these dark times: We, together with M., his father, and his entire family, are incredibly happy and relieved that M. Elfallah was acquitted of all charges against him in Crete's juvenile court on Tuesday. Like his father, a fisherman from Egypt, he was charged with smuggling

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

Silence is Complicity: Our statement after more than one year of silence on the Israeli Genocide in Gaza/Palestine borderviolence.eu/reports/sile...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

In the two most recent rulings related to pushback incidents, the ECHR confirmed that Greece systematically pushes people back at its borders. The rulings are both a success and a setback. Read our full statement via the link below. borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

🚨Our report with @ihaverights.bsky.social uncovered covert operations where phones of asylum seekers are forcibly removed by authorities. The report adds to mounting concerns about the invasive use of technology in the Samos Closed Controlled Access Centre. Read it below:

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