Migreurop Analysis

Contrary to the narrative that has largely been circulating in the media in recent weeks, the events that took place in Ceuta from 30 July onwards should not be understood as an exceptional "migration crisis", but rather as the predictable outcome of a model for the ‘management’ of migrations built upon deterrence, border externalisation, the progressive normalisation of violence and the exploitation of migration issues. The militarisation of borders, the cruelty inflicted upon people on the (…)

Migreurop’s analysis

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On 26 March 2026, following on from the recent rights-violating legislative reforms (the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, the Schengen Code reform, the redefinition of the concept of ‘safe countries’...), MEPs approved a new instrument that effectively annihilates the rights of migrant people and continues to dismantle EU law, and, by extension, international law.
In the blink of an eye, the hard-right’s repressive agenda has prevailed. And (…)

Today marks one year since Moussa Tchangari, Secretary General of the association Alternative Espaces Citoyens Niger (AEC) – a member of the Migreurop network – was arrested at his home upon returning from an international trip. He has now been arbitrarily detained by the Nigerien authorities for 365 days.
Moussa Tchangari is a well-known figure of Nigerien civil society who has been working since the 1990s for social justice and democracy in Niger. He is being detained and prosecuted on (…)

The Migreurop network offers its full support to its Cypriot member Kisa and to Doros Polykarpou, on trial from today for his fight for the rights of people in exile, and for having sought to shed light on the conditions of detention in the Pournara camp in March 2022, alongside Migreurop. On 11 February 2025, Doros Polykarpou, a prominent human rights defender, co-founder of the Cypriot organisation KISA(Action for Equality, Support and Anti-Racism) and winner of the 2024 Front Line (…)

We demand the immediate release of Moussa Tchangari, rights defender and General Secretary of the Alternative Espaces Citoyens (AEC) association, who was imprisoned on 3 January 2025 after a month in police custody.
Moussa Tchangari was arrested at his home on 3 December 2024 on his return from an international trip. Charged with undermining state security, criminal conspiracy in connection with terrorism and glorifying terrorism, he spent a month in police custody before being presented (…)