Joint Statement by Loujna-Tounkaranké and Migreurop

We have learned with shock and dismay about the "raid carried out on December 3, 2024, around 8:00 p.m. by armed individuals in civilian clothing at the home of Moussa Tiangari, Secretary General of the association Alternative Espaces Citoyens (AEC). He was taken away before the helpless eyes of his family to an unknown destination." During the arrest, the assailants reportedly also seized his personal belongings, including his computer, suitcase, and mobile phone.
It took 48 hours of (…)

Dunkirk, Saturday 23rd of Novembrer 2024, from 7pm

Three years after the shipwreck of 24 November 2021 we stand together to call for a world free from border violence. As deaths at the FR-UK border have reached unprecedented levels in 2024, we call on political authorities to learn from the tragic events of 24 November 2021, amongst others, and put an end to this.
On 24 November 2021, at least 33 people in a dinghy tried to reach the United Kingdom from the coast of Dunkirk. Many of them came from Iraqi Kurdistan, but also from (…)

Migreurop conference - October 11th 2024 - 2pm to 4pm (GMT +2) - Festival SABIR, Rome

As the European border and coast guard agency Frontex celebrates its 20th anniversary on 26 October 2024, the Migreurop network, in conjunction with its members, is organising a public conference to mark the 10th edition of the Sabir Festival (Rome). Its aim is to take stock of the activities and abuses of the Frontex agency, and 20 years of war on migrants in defiance of rights.
Programme :
Introduction: The agency’s insidious development over the last 20 years - 10 mins : Brigitte (…)

Bilingual public webinar (EN/FR) on 4 June 2024, 2.30pm to 4.30pm (GMT+2)

A Migreurop public conference was due to be held in Tunis on 17 May entitled "Euro-African racisms and populisms, consequences of the externalisation of migration policies", organised in collaboration with FTCR and FTDES. Due to the repression in Tunisia, the conference could not take place.
In agreement with its Tunisian members and partners, the Migreurop network has decided to maintain this event in the form of a webinar on Tuesday 4 June 2024, while several trials are currently taking (…)

Joint Statement

Despite repeated warnings from Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers have reached an agreement on the Schengen Borders Code reform which will be voted on in a Plenary session this week. The legislative file that has emerged from negotiations between the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and Commission will have devastating consequences for people in migration and racialised communities.
We call on MEPs in the Plenary vote to reject the Schengen (…)