Deciphering European migration policies
5th of December 2013
While the EU launches Eurosur – the European Border Surveillance System – to further militarize its maritime borders, members of civil society launch WatchTheMed (watchthemed.net) – a “counter-Eurosur” to document and denounce migrants’ deaths and violations of their rights in the Mediterranean.
3rd of October 2013. A boat carrying more than 500 people sinks less than 1km from the coast of Lampedusa. At least 366 people die, only 155 people are rescued.
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Launch of Migreurop’s collaborative website closethecamps.org
Mapping as a means to denounce the detention of migrants in Europe and beyond
393. This is the number of closed camps detaining migrants that appear on the closethecamps.org website launched today. These camps have all been in use between 2011 and 2013, and are located in the European Union’s (EU) countries, in accessing countries which have applied for membership to the EU, in those that qualify for the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and in some of those which participate in the European migration policies.
These figures only reflect detention in close camps (…)63 migrants left to die in the Mediterranean: Survivors file a complaint against the Belgian army
FIDH - Fédération internationale des ligues des droits de l’Homme LDH - Ligue des droits de l’Homme in Belgium AEDH - Association européenne pour la défense des droits de l’Homme Gisti - Groupe d’information et de soutien des immigré.e.s Migreurop
Today, three survivors of a tragedy that caused the deaths of 63 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea, filed a complaint at the Brussels Tribunal of First Instance against the Belgian army for failing to provide assistance to persons in distress. (…)EU-Tunisia Mobility Partnership: Externalisation policy in disguise
On 5 December, representatives of the European Union (EU), its member states and Tunisia are set to sign a ‘Mobility Partnership’. It will be the sixth agreement of its kind to be signed by the EU, with similar agreements already signed with other countries, including Morocco.
Atlas of migration in Europe, a critical geography of migration policies
LAUNCH – LONDON - DECEMBER 2
Since the mid-1980s, European countries have been strengthening controls on migration at their borders, as well as in transit countries. As a result, migrants’ routes have become increasingly dangerous.
In 2013, it is impossible to ignore the dramas taking place at the EU’s borders. Every year, hundreds of exiles die, by drowning, exhaustion, on overloaded boats and along millitarized land borders.
In a context of major economic crisis, the situation does not seem set to improve. For (…)