On 18th January 1995, the Balladur government decided to curtail circulation in the Comoros archipelago by imposing an entry visa upon inhabitants of the three other Comoran islands (Mohéli, Anjouan, Grande Comore) wishing to enter Mayotte. In this way, the isolation of the island of Mayotte, which broke away from the independent state of the Union of the Comoros twenty years previously following a unilateral decision by France which was contested by the United Nations, became a reality. (…)

Mos Maiorum is yet another battle in the war the EU has waged against an imaginary enemy.
Between 13 and 26 October, police forces of the Member States of the European Union (EU) are to conduct massive control operations both within the Schengen area and at its external borders.
A week after the commemoration of the tragedy of Lampedusa in October 2013, a “hunt on migrants” operation dubbed ‘Mos Maiorum’ is to be launched in collaboration with Frontex and Europol. The large-scale (…)

Second Migreurop annual report on violation of human rights at borders. 2009-2010

Migreurop network members meeting, 27th and 28th November 2009, Paris

La chute du mur de Berlin sonne aujourd’hui comme un appel à combattre les oppressions, à abattre les murs qui, à travers le monde, divisent encore des villes, des territoires, des peuples.
Nicolas Sarkozy
No podemos perder de vista que hay otros muros en el mundo que deben caer
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Since it was set up in 2002, the Migreurop network , a collection of more than forty organisations on both sides of the Mediterranean, has been denouncing the imprisonment of (…)