📖 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

🚨 Today, with MIT's support, BVMN (@borderviolence.bsky.social) reports on 'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza: over 30 people started a hunger strike this week, asking for the respect of their rights to apply for asylum and to fair and dignified treatment. borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...

🚨 Today, MIT joins 200+ others in calling for the rejection of the EU’s proposed “Return Regulation”. Really about deportation, it will expand detention, fuel racial profiling & weaken safeguards. Europe needs dignity, care & solidarity — not punishment & profit at the cost of fundamental rights.

On #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we must ask: can democracy coexist with the systematic violation of refugee rights ❓ Short answer: No. Long answer 🧵

✏️ 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. 💪

1/5 🟠 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.

🚨 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Joint statement by 72 organisations: The unlawful suspension of access to #asylum in #Greece must be immediately withdrawn #refugees #Crete Statement including all signatures: 👉 rsaegean.org/en/withdraw-... (1/7)

🚨 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

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...

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

The EU's recent 'safe country' and return proposals appear to be part of a broader strategy to externalise the EU’s migration management. With 50+ NGOs, we're calling on the EU and member states to reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers. 👉 www.rescue.org/eu/resource/...

World Refugee Day 2025 arrives in the midst of deep (geo)political uncertainty and an increasingly hostile environment for refugees in Greece:

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-...

📢 JOINT NGO STATEMENT: The Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum must rescind the eviction order of people on the move from camps.

🚨 This week, the @ec.europa.eu published its review of the "safe third country" concept, including proposals that would remove key safeguards for people on the move. These include: ❌ The mandatory connection criteria ❌ The automatic suspensive effect of appeals against inadmissibility decisions

Members of European Parliament vote on the Europol reform report tomorrow. 🗳️ The #ProtectNotSurveil position paper explains why MEPs should VOTE AGAINST! ❌ edri.org/our-work/pro...

We call on MEPs to vote against the planned expansion of surveillance powers for #Europol Tuesday because it: ❌ fails to protect migrants or reduce border deaths ❌ is a power grab by Europol ❌ criminalises migrants & solidarity organisers #ProtectNotSurveil: protectnotsurveil.eu

European Parliament LIBE votes on the #Europol reform report next week Tuesday, 20 May. MEPs must vote against the expansion of Europol’s surveillance powers! 👏 Read & share the detailed #ProtectNotSurveil position paper now: ➡️ protectnotsurveil.eu

Site Profile: The Thessaloniki General Police Directorate (Megaro) ➡️Located in the western side of Thessaloniki ➡️Last visit by the CPT: 2019 ➡️Length of detention in testimonies: 8-46 days Site profile: detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/5w...

Site Profile: The Special Ηolding Facility of the Thessaloniki Aliens Police Directorate (Metagogon) ➡️Located in an old factory warehouse building ➡️Last visit by the CPT: 2016 ➡️Average length of detention: 36 days Site profile: detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/entity/av...

1/2 🟠BVMN’s February report is now online. borderviolence.eu/reports/balk... With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things: ❌ Arrival of the "Schengen bus" and other surveillance equipment to Serbia

📢 Report: Greece’s Illegal Use of Police Stations to Detain Migrants Today, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social, @bordercrim.bsky.social and the Border Violence Monitoring Network publish a new report on the detention of migrants in police stations in Greece ➡️ www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...

Good to see #Syriza parliamentary question put to the ministry of migration on the ongoing lack of cash payments to asylum seekers in Greece 👇 syriza.gr/epikairi-ero...

🚨 Greece continues to freeze the asylum claims of Syrians, leaving over 9,000 people in limbo www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

📢NEW REPORT Nine months after we published "Voices from the Camps" with @reflegalsupport.bsky.social little has improved in camps where asylum seekers are accommodated on the Greek mainland. There have been deaths in camps on the mainland, and reports of worsening conditions. 🧵

⚫ We are saddened to hear of the death of a 34 year-old Egyptian man in Paranesti pre-removal detention centre. www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...

1/3 🟠 BVMN’s January report is now online. borderviolence.eu/reports/balk... With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things: ❌ Tech use for surveillance of activists and people on the move in Serbia

⚫Terrible to hear that a young man from Pakistan, Hasir Latif, is in a coma after attempting to commit suicide at the Amygdaleza pre-removal detention centre www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...

📢📢In a moment of social and value turmoil both in Greece and the rest of the world, we join the Greek Forum of Migrants and other human rights defenders & representatives from groups impacted by #racism and #discrimination for a joint statement on World Day Against Racism! ✊🏾

Huge congratulations to @andrianifili.bsky.social, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social, and @borderviolence.bsky.social on receiving the Impact Award for their groundbreaking work documenting human rights violations in Greece's detention regime. Explore Detention Landscape: detentionlandscapes.uwazi.io/en/

In his first move as migration minister, Voridis narrows the possibilities for people living without documents to regularise in Greece: www.tanea.gr/2025/03/19/p...

📢 Joint Statement: Cash assistance for asylum seekers must resume immediately! After 9 months without financial support, asylum seekers in Greece are struggling to meet their basic needs 👇 www.mobileinfoteam.org/cash-assista...

We are extremely concerned at the appointment of a new Minister of Migration in Greece who has been consistently associated with far-right, racist and anti-migrant groups. www.documentonews.gr/article/anas...

Since 2022, 100 decisions granting interim measures in cases of potential #pushbacks at Greek borders were issued by the European court of human rights Applications for interim measures were made by the Greek Council of Refugees, to prevent pushbacks & bring urgent assistance to people on the move

⚫ Commissioner for human rights at the Council of Europe announces concerns about the treatment of asylum seekers at the EU’s external borders and a “securitisation response” that goes too far www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Recent investigation reveals that the Hellenic Coast Guard withheld crucial operational communications from the Maritime Court prosecutor's investigation about #PylosShipwreck. Key findings: ❗Missing communications ❗Unrecorded phone calls ❗Selection evidence submission

📢9 NGOs report on ongoing pushbacks during 2024 🔵Over 120,000 pushbacks were recorded at the EU’s borders in 2024, including almost 20,000 at the eastern borders Read the report 👇👇 11.be/sites/defaul...

The Minister of Asylum and Migration recently visited the Amygdaleza PRDC, and stated that speeding up returns is a "priority" for the Ministry. thepressproject.gr/deportations...

In a press conference organized by Solidarity with Migrants last Thursday, residents of refugee camps in mainland Greece shared their struggles with blocked asylum processes and poor living conditions in the isolated camps, calling for justice and access to services.

📢 Join Us for Our Upcoming Event with @borderviolence.bsky.social. Discover the (mis)use of technology in the Samos CCAC and the covert operations targeting asylum seekers on Samos. Sign up: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🔵The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) visited Greek #prisons and police departments at the end of January: bit.ly/4gDBRK2 🔵The Committee visited Agios Panteleimonas police station in Athens, where the death of a Pakistani man was reported in Sep 2024: bit.ly/3EJI4Xl

Big thank you to: @ihaverights.bsky.social #collective_aid @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social #areyousyrious #blindspots_ev #rigardu_ev #PushBackAlarmAustria #Infokolpa #PIC #VoiceInBulgaria #MissionWings @humanrightsobs.bsky.social #GlocalRoots

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

🔊Statement by residents in Diavata camp highlighting ongoing poor living conditions ➡️ bit.ly/410J4it "We urge everyone to look into our conditions and work towards improving the humanitarian situation in Camp Diavata, so we can live with dignity and without fear of tomorrow"

We co-signed an open letter urging the European Commission for transparency and access to national implementation plans for the New Pact. Civil society groups across several EU countries, including Greece, have not had access to the national plans - impacting our ability to provide timely input.

Greek Ombudsperson investigation into the preventable #Pylos shipwreck finds a “series of serious and reprehensible omissions” in search and rescue duties on the part of the Hellenic Goast Guard 👇 www.politico.eu/article/gree...

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.

📢 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...