"The policy in Europe to “smash the gangs” is aimed at business model of smugglers, but “what we see that’s primarily doing is boosting the model of smugglers – the more difficult you make it, the more profitable the business will become,”  @bramfrouws.bsky.social      https://f.mtr.cool/xknkpjkrpd

For months, frontline EU staff deployed in refugee camps in Greece have been filing internal reports about the systemic neglect of hundreds of unaccompanied children. In our @wearesolomon.bsky.social investigation, we reveal the scale of the disastrous conditions. wearesolomon.com/mag/focus-ar...

More recap of this month’s blog posts ✍️: Drs. @cbachi.bsky.social and @ciaradelloue.bsky.social assess the potential for a culture shift within the EU border agency - and the challenges facing reform: https://buff.ly/4gmoCNr

With @ciaradelloue.bsky.social, we engage with Frontex Director’ proposal for a cultural shift and explain why it won’t “fix” the problem of the border. Thanks @bordercrim.bsky.social for hosting!

This article by @cbachi.bsky.social and @ciaradelloue.bsky.social almost seems a companion of my recent one on Europol: both agencies are expanding their footprint and their mandate - both powered by politics. Are these shifts legitimate? Will they be accountable? blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

The European Court of Human Rights found "strong indications to suggest that there had existed, at the time of the events alleged, a systematic practice of 'pushbacks' of third-country nationals by the Greek authorities, from the Evros region to Türkiye" hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press?i=...

Blogged EU Member States' position on the proposed revised law on migrant smuggling: cynical political theatre? eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

New Series on @opendemocracy.bsky.social: How UK and EU governments are making migration a criminal offence www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...