Based on a new report by Balkans based human rights org No Name Kitchen, UK lawyers are challenging asylum seeker deportations back to Bulgaria on the basis that inhumane conditions for ppl there could breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

"…They say the criminalisation of #refugees and #asylum seekers is ineffective in disrupting smuggling networks, as the real smugglers are rarely on the boat." via @katymfallon.bsky.social & @giorgoschristides.bsky.social

With @giorgoschristides.bsky.social, we wrote about the dozens of young men under 21 who fled Sudan & are now facing (what their lawyers say are) draconian charges under Greek anti-smuggling legislation. Many have already been handed lengthy sentences in Greece... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

2 humanitarian groups working near the Bulgarian border say police frustrated their efforts to reach 3 teenage boys from Egypt who later died alone in freezing conditions in December, in what is being described as just another example of Europe's deadly borders. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Drones. Κάμερες με τεχνολογία ΑΙ. Πύργοι επιτήρησης που βλέπουν 20 χλμ μακριά. Νέα πολύμηνη έρευνα του Solomon αποκαλύπτει πώς η ΕΕ χρησιμοποιεί την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη απέναντι σε όσους αναζητούν καταφύγιο σε αυτήν. bit.ly/eu-ai-agains...

Hoy @katymfallon.bsky.social, @margueritejay.bsky.social, Deana Mrkaja, Florian Schmitz y Giorgos Christides publicamos una serie de reportajes en diferentes medios como parte de una investigación colaborativa sobre el uso de inteligencia artificial y otros sistemas automatizados en las fronteras. 🧵

Read this important collaborative investigation on AI & European borders by @inkstickmedia.com just published by @katymfallon.bsky.social, @hibai.bsky.social, @margueritejay.bsky.social, Giorgos Christides, & Florian Schmitz:

This months-long joint investigation by Inkstick, @wearesolomon.bsky.social, @elpais.com, @woz.ch, and @tagesspiegel.de illustrates how Europe’s dependence on tech-heavy solutions highlights long-held fears about migrants' privacy and violations of their rights.

I wrote a long piece at @inkstickmedia.com about the situation for refugees on Greece's Chios island, the way the journey they take has become more dangerous & violent since 2015, & how border violence/deterrence has failed to stop people from risking the crossing: inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...