Deciphering European migration policies
Since his conviction on September 30th for 13 years and 2 months in prison, support protests in favour of Domenico Lucano, former Riace village mayor in Calabria, have multiplied in Italy and elsewhere. While "Mimmo" Lucano’s welcoming policy had made Riace and its mayor the symbols of an alternative society based on mutual aid, his conviction is widely perceived as yet another attack on solidarity with migrants.
Although the details of the Locri Court’s decision are not known - as it has (...)
Criminalisation of solidarities
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Webinar "Militarisation of borders and criminalisation of solidarity"
Organized by Migreurop and Casa da gente de Barcelona on the occasion of the ESFM 2021
On the occasion of the European Social Forum on Migration, Migreurop and Casa da gente de Barcelona organise a webinar on 11 March from 3pm to 5 pm (GMT+1) on the militarisation of borders and the criminalisation of solidarity ("human rights and migration" axis) with the participation of Chris Jones (Statewatch/Migreurop), Claudia Charles (Gisti/Migreurop), Chloé Portais (Borderline Europe) and Juliana Wahlgren (European network against racism-ENAR).
The presentation of migration as a (...)State xenophobia and criminalisation of solidarity in Cyprus
KISA is again under attack by government
KISA, a Cypriot member of the Migreurop network, is once again in the government’s sights for its action in favour of people in exile. Since 14 December 2020, KISA has been removed from the Register of Associations, pretexting that it did not comply timely with the administrative procedures as per the “Law on Associations and Foundations” of 2017.
This is not the first time that KISA has been subjected to the relentlessness of the authorities and part of the media, because it denounces the (...)Freedom for Hamza & Mohamed
The European Union must stop the arbitrary incarceration of refugees and migrants
Our work Solidarity statement
We express our solidarity with Hamza Haddi and Mohamed Haddar who are currently being held in pre-trial detention in Komotini, Greece. Both are facing long prison sentences because they are being wrongfully and arbitrarily accused of "smuggling”.
Hamza Haddi and Mohamed Haddar are Moroccan citizens who fled their country searching for protection and better living conditions, Hamza Haddi in particular is a known political activist who was hoping to be granted (...)The French-Italian border: at the heart of violence and of violation of rights
Atlas of migrants 2017
In the heart of the Schengen area, the border between France and Italy – which has been crossed by migratory movements for many centuries – has been closed, with the restoration of internal border controls in November 2015
Now becoming a militarized and controlled area, the French-Italian border has highlighted for three years migration policies aiming to push back so-called migrant people, in disregard of fundamental rights : ethnic profiling, forced returns without respect for procedures, (...)