Joint Statement

In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s crackdown on civil society, judicial independence, and the media; and the impossibility of fairly and individually determining nationalities or assessing the protection needs of migrants and asylum seekers while at sea, it is clear that Tunisia is not a safe place for the disembarkation of (…)

Joint statement

More than a year after the President of the Republic of Tunisia’s statement following a meeting of the National Security Council linking the presence of migrants to "a plot to alter the demographic composition of Tunisia", systematic violations and racist and xenophobic campaigns targeting sub-Saharan migrants in the country continue unabated.
The policies of successive governments have continued to bow to the dictates of the European Union in the externalisation of its borders, delegating (…)

Joint declaration

Amidst warnings from over 50 Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers reached a political agreement on the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in December. The agreement is a continuation of a decade of policy that has led to the proliferation of rights violations in Europe. Moreover, it will have devastating implications for the right to international protection in the bloc and greenlights abuses across Europe including racial profiling, default de facto detention and pushbacks. On April (…)

Collective Action

We, the undersigned organisations, express our deep concern regarding the continuing and escalating harassment and attacks against KISA, a leading non-governmental organisation fighting for human rights and equality for all in Cyprus. KISA’s work promotes a society free of racism and discrimination, also by defending the rights of migrants, refugees and victims of human trafficking.
During the early morning of 5 January 2024, KISA experienced a targeted bombing attack. An explosive device (…)

Brief Migreurop #15 - July2023

Europe’s migration policy is characterised by a doctrine known as the "pull factor" [...]. Everything is geared towards strategies of dissuasion to limit entry and residence in the territory of the European Union (EU), with countries using the legal, administrative or military-police arsenal at their disposal to this end[...].
The main targets, often on a racist basis, are people who try to cross borders, who are threatened, hunted down or even accused of trafficking in human beings and (…)