Over the past few days, people have been killed on the Greek-Turkish border! This situation is the direct consequence of political choices made by European leaders, willing to seal off the European Union’s borders by all means, especially by outsourcing the examination of asylum claims and the encampment of the “undesirable” to non-European states. Every day, unbearable footage shows exiles being turned away or deliberately put in danger.
The Greek police force and army, alongside some of (…)
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A coalition to “shield” migrants and refugees against violence at the borders
We will hold Greece and the EU accountable for the violations of the rights of migrants and refugees fleeing Turkey
Over the last days, violations of the rights of migrants and refugees seeking to access EU territory via Greece have escalated to a new extreme. The conditions for such an escalation have long been in the making. In 2015, the EU introduced the “hotspot” approach, imposing on Italy and Greece the sorting of migrants and refugees arriving on their shores. In March 2016, the EU (…)Visas: inequalities & two-speed mobility schemes
Brief #10 - November 2019
2019 was marked by the growing influence – above all in the media – of the no-fly movement. In August 2019, young climate activist Greta Thunberg’s decision to sail across the Atlantic to attend a UN meeting was widely commented on, with the crossing from Plymouth to New-York echoing the big European emigrations towards the New World.
Yet, over the past thirty years, hundreds of thousands of travellers – often as young as the Swedish activist - have been denied the possibility to travel (…)Atlas of Migration in Europe (2019)
A critical geography of migration policies
The Atlas of Migration in Europe is a committed Atlas that underlines the inconsistencies and the consequences of migration management in the European Union. To understand the evolution of the European migration policy, Migreurop gathered information on a reality that is elusive, because of its geographical scale, but also of a desire for concealment by European governments.
Those fleeing war, poverty or political crises frequently risk their lives as they attempt to find sanctuary outside (…)Death at sea or under the bombs: is there no other alternative for the thousands of migrants trapped in the hell of Libya?
An air strike on the Tajoura migrants’ detention centre, in the eastern suburbs of the Libyan capital city, was reported on 2 July evening. Two days later, the death toll keeps increasing with so far at least 66 dead and over 80 wounded . Late April 2019 already, many migrants died in the attack of Gasr Bin Gashir by armed groups about 30km away south of Tripoli.
While the fighting between the United Nations officially recognised National Unity Government (NUG) and commander Haftar’s (…)