📖 The statement on 'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza is now also available in Greek: www.mobileinfoteam.org/psychologica... With the English and Arabic versions available here: borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc... @borderviolence.bsky.social

1/3 🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online. borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn... With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things: ❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia ❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police

New @borderviolence.bsky.social report on the conditions faced by #detained #asylum seekers affected by #suspension of asylum applications in #Amygdaleza #Greece ‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...

Νέα έκθεση του @borderviolence.bsky.social για τις συνθήκες που αντιμετωπίζουν οι #κρατούμενοι #αιτούντες άσυλο που επλήγησαν από την αναστολή των αιτήσεων ασύλου στην #Αμυγδαλέζα #Ελλάδα: απάνθρωπες συνθήκες κράτησης και παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...

Dernier jour pour pouvoir joindre @humanrightsobs.bsky.social en tant que stagiaire juridique pour 6 mois, à partir du 1er Décembre. Tous les détails: humanrightsobservers.org/fr/2025/10/2...

Thank you to Carlotta Zaccarelli and MeltingPotEU for writing about our intervention to the UN's Human Rights Council on strengthening migration governance monitoring in the Balkans, and the role civil society can play in it. www.meltingpot.org/2025/10/il-c...

1/3 🟠 BVMN’s July report is now online, focused on access to shelter. borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn... With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things: ❌ Closing of Krnjača camp and conditions in Obrenovac camp, in Serbia

We join 200+ organisations, to call on @europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new "Return" Regulation (aka Deportation Regulation). ❌ Offshore “return hubs” ❌ Expanded detention ❌ Surveillance & racial profiling Read our joint statement ➡️ actionaid.org/publications...

Today, along with 200+ organisations, we call on @europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new Returns Regulation. Let's call this this new Regulation for what it actually is: a Deportation Regulation. @melissacamara.bsky.social @estrellagalan.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social

All additional documents can be found at the same link as the report: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati... @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social

✏️ Augmenting our April report on police detention, short versions are now available in: English Arabic - العربية Urdu - اردو Farsi - فارسی Kurdish - Kurdî Greek - Eλληνικά French - Français As well as a dedicated briefing on the application of the EU’s Return & Reception Conditions Directives. 💪

1/2 BVMN monitored the trials of people on the move accused of so-called smuggling at the Appeals Court in Heraklion, in Crete. All 4 Sudanese defendants were acquitted, but unequal sentencing to other nationals jeopardises the principle of equality before the law.

1/2 BVMN travelled to Crete on September 1 to attend 25 trials of 36 people on the move accused of so-called smuggling, in cases dating back all the way to November and December. Only 3 out of the 25 cases were heard, and the rest was postponed to a later date.

1/3 🟠 BVMN’s June report is now online. borderviolence.eu/reports/balk... With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things: ❌ Relocations and rising uncertainty around Krnjača closure in Serbia

1/5 🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online. borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn... This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe. BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.

In this blog post, researcher Dan Schoolar reveals how the UK has been laying the groundwork for the establishment of its own deportation centres in the Western Balkans, most likely in Serbia. Read it here: borderviolence.eu/blog/no-rwan... Editing: Emilija Krivosic Graphic design: Marlene Janke

Today, some 30 organisations, including member and partner organisations of the Network, have launched the "Where We Rise" campaign, a coalition call to raise €1 million for people on the move seeking safety. Donate here: forrefugees.donorsupport.co/page/where-w...

1/2 Last month, our United Nations Advocacy Coordinator spoke at a panel titled "Protecting Migrants’ Rights at Borders" organised by the @fesonline.bsky.social on the margins of the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. These were his closing remarks.

Read the full statement here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/joint-statem...

The decision of the CM to close the supervision of asylum procedures marks the loss of a critical mechanism of oversight into a defective and dehumanising system, at a time when the right of access to asylum is facing steady political erosion.

These include unstable access to asylum, chronic delays in asylum procedures, frequent technical issues with the online registration platform, the arbitrary use of the 'safe third country' concept, and issues with the effectiveness and accessibility of appeals procedures, among others.

✅ We appreciate the decision of the CM to continue monitoring living and detention conditions, and the lack of effective remedies. ❌We regret, however, the decision to stop monitoring asylum procedures, despite civil society repeatedly warning about serious flaws in Greece’s asylum system.

🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Addressing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases. @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social @equallegalaid.bsky.social

🚨 JOINT STATEMENT @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social: We strongly condemn the Greek government’s new legislative amendment to suspend the processing of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from North Africa

We just published the report of the 2nd visit of our coordinator to Crete. Read it here: borderviolence.eu/reports/cret...

Today, our criminalisation coordinator is back at the Appeals Court of Crete in Chania to monitor the trial proceedings of a number of individuals accused of so-called smuggling. We will be publishing updates as we obtain them.

1/4 Today, the @europarl.europa.eu LIBE Committee was due to discuss a proposal for new rules "to prevent and counter the facilitation of unauthorised entry" to the EU. In our view, this proposal increases criminalisation of movement and solidarity Here is why: borderviolence.eu/reports/publ...

1/3 We just published the report of the visit of our criminalisation coordinator to Crete, in Greece, to monitor the trials of 30 individuals accused of so-called smuggling. Read the report here: borderviolence.eu/reports/cret...

10 years after the so-called long summer of migration, the deadliness of the European border regime is back in full swing. @alraven.bsky.social from our Research and Investigations team tries to put a figure on the extent of the suffering this regime has brought. borderviolence.eu/blog/tallyin...

As more bodies of migrants get found every week ⬇️ along the routes to Europe, my latest piece for @borderviolence.bsky.social on this horrendous border regime is sadly relevant. Please read and share/repost! borderviolence.eu/blog/tallyin...

Member organisations Collective Aid, @ihaverights.bsky.social, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social, @legalcentrelesvos.bsky.social and Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria are among 50+ signatories of a joint statement denouncing the concept of "Safe Third Country". www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-safe...

For a young Afghan named Ali, "the border was sometimes a baton, a clenched fist, a stick a soldier swung in the woods, a warning shot fired into the sky. … The border was also a routine." Read an excerpt of my new @melvillehouse.bsky.social book at @inkstickmedia.com:

1/3 🟠 BVMN’s April report is now online. borderviolence.eu/reports/balk... With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things: ❌ Minors subject to violence during Croatian pushbacks to Bosnia-Herzegovina

Member organisation @humanrightsobs.bsky.social is looking for volunteers to join its violence monitoring operations in Calais. Apply here: humanrightsobservers.org/fr/2025/06/2...

1/7 This week, BVMN and @cptlesvos.bsky.social trial observers monitored a total of 34 cases at the Court of the Aegean on Samos. 26 cases were heard before the single judge Appeals Court - with 3 of them postponed, while 9 were tried at the 3-Member Felony Court - with 2 postponements.

1/2 In her press conference today, UN special rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders ‪‪Mary Lawlor highlighted the most current threats affecting human rights defenders in Bosnia and Herzegovina after a recent visit to the country, which BVMN helped facilitate. www.facebook.com/MaryLawlorHR...

Proud to join calls for the EU to withdraw the Deportation Regulation.

The EU wants to expand deportations, including of children. The new DeportationRegulation fuels detention, criminalization, and digital surveillance. As the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, we call on the EU to withdraw its proposal. Read out statement: borderviolence.eu/reports/the-...

New article by one of my colleagues at @borderviolence.bsky.social 🔥⬇️ borderviolence.eu/blog/clothes...

While they generally prefer to conduct them in secrecy, Croatian border agents intentionally make pushbacks “visible” to further dehumanise and racialise people on the move. Tristan Solf's explains why in the latest instalment of our blog: borderviolence.eu/blog/clothes...

On June 10, we are organising a webinar along with @picumofficial.bsky.social on the current trends of criminalisation of migration & solidarity in Europe. *Interpretation in French will be available.* To register: crm.picum.org/civicrm/even...

1/4 In spite of extensive reports of human rights violations against people on the move, @frontex.bsky.social is forging ahead with a plan to deploy “tactical drones” at the Bulgaria-Turkey border. borderviolence.eu/reports/stat...

Der Rückzug ins Nationale und das Scheitern einer EU-Migrationspolitik schaffen Gewalt. Unsere Partnerorganisationen berichten davon: @borderviolence.bsky.social und @legalcentrelesvos.bsky.social dokumentieren, wie Menschen an den griechisch-türkischen Grenzen misshandelt und getötet werden. 4/6

Thank you to @cptlesvos.bsky.social for featuring our research into surveillance technologies in the Evros region in their latest report. Read our report by our coordinator Lena Karamanidou here: borderviolence.eu/reports/surv...

New report together with Homo Digitalis out today exposes ongoing data protection violations in the Samos CCAC. These are emblematic of a system where control and surveillance are prioritised over the rights of those seeking protection. Read more: ihaverights.eu/border-tech-...

📣 FREE WEBINAR 📣 Join us and @borderviolence.bsky.social to discuss the latest trends in the criminalisation of movement and solidarity across Europe. Register on crm.picum.org/civicrm/even...

"The violence continues. And it has even increased in areas where @frontex.bsky.social is active," our Research Coordinator Lena Karamanidou told Swiss magazine @magazindaslamm.bsky.social Read part 1 of this 4-part series on Swiss involvement in Frontex post-referendum: daslamm.ch/das-geheime-...

Dies ist ein klarer Fall von #Refoulement, da Angehörige religiöser Minderheiten in #Syrien seit März entlang der syrischen Küste immer häufiger Opfer von Gewalt werden. @borderviolence.bsky.social fordert die zypriotischen Behörden auf, diese illegalen #Pushbacks sofort einzustellen! #Cyprus 5/5

Medienberichten zufolge bringt die zypriotische Küstenwache heute selbst Asylsuchende zurück an die syrische Küste und übergibt sie dort an syrische Sicherheitskräfte. #Cyprus #Pushbacks via @borderviolence.bsky.social 4/x

Leider scheinen die zypriotischen Behörden trotz eines Urteils des @echr.coe.int vom Oktober 2024, ihre illegalen Praktiken einzustellen, dreister denn je zu sein. #Cyprus #Pushbacks via @borderviolence.bsky.social 3/x