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💔Just when you think it can't get any worse, it does. "They started with the [other] Cameroonian. They threw him in the water. The Ivorian man said: ‘Save me, I don’t want to die…then eventually only his hand was above water, and his body was below." bit.ly/3xkVFRE

Actually, Biden has done exactly the opposite of what he says. He has weaponized asylum, even as he has played politics with family immigration.

‘Welcome to the new normal, an age where many things that we used to deem unusual or unacceptable have become just what we live with’. scientificamerican.com/article/weve-h…

#Thread #pushbacks 1/13 Ο Μηχανισμός Καταγραφής Περιστατικών Άτυπων Αναγκαστικών Επιστροφών RVRN της ΕΕΔΑ/ GNCHR δημοσιοποίησε χτες Τρίτη 18/6 την ετήσια έκθεσή του για το 2023, με αναλυτικά ποσοτικά και ποιοτικά στοιχεία των περιστατικών που κατέγραψε πέρσι.

😡The violence against migrants has to stop ‼️ 👉Border Forensics claims that the deaths resulting from the Melilla tragedy on June 24, 2022 "were no accident." bit.ly/4exgeeo

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The BBC revelations of the Greek Coast Guard's direct role in migrant deaths as deliberate policy are chilling. Lack of EU action facilitates brutality. With 30+ MEPs I demand Commissioner Ylva Johansson & Hans Leijtens to enforce, freeze EU funding & suspend Frontex ops in🇬🇷

Just minutes later, over 30 UN Experts have now issued the same advice to arms firms as ourselves, Campaign Against Arms Trade, GLAN | Global Legal Action Network & War on Want. A government's complicity in Israel's war crimes is no excuse. Cease arms sales immediately, or risk criminal liability. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

⚠️Emergency alert, imminent threat of pushback from Vatos⚠️ Aegean Boat Report was contacted by a group of 23 people, 7 men, 11 women and 5 children stuck on the Greek island of Vatos, north east of Chios. According to the group, a smuggler was supposed to take them to Chios,

It’s with a heavy heart that I’m now announcing that Aegean Boat Report is forced to drastically scale down on our operations, due to lack of funding. I have for months tried my utmost to find new financial partners, who see the necessity of our work, and are able and willing,

thanks to Calais Food Collective and PistachiosInThePark for a great fundraising evening supporting displaced people in northern france.

These regular updates from IOM are so limited in scope. Why not tell us who does the intercepting (i.e. the militia-linked Coast Guard, who provides the boats they use (i.e. the EU) and where the people are now (i.e. abusive detention centres).

It is with sorrow that we mourn the loss of one of our great and enduring defenders of civil liberties. Tony, you shone a light into the darkest corners of democracy.

"Mass #pushbacks at German borders are now a reality. No longer just a pipe dream of right-wing extremists or a populist demand from the opposition, but a policy under a Social Democrats, Greens, and Liberals government." From PRO ASYL on the recent developments in #Germany

The new UK government's position on asylum is unsustainable. You can't pretend to be one of the good guys (i.e. scrapping the Rwanda deal) while copying the bad guys (i.e. considering agreements such as those that Italy has struck with Libya and Tunisia).

Despite all the obstacles and setbacks that we face in standing up for human rights there are solid grounds to believe in a better future. Hope is not an option, it is a duty coe.int/en/web/commiss…

Huge congratulations to our trustee and longstanding legal colleague and friend Adrian Berry KC #FBPE 🇪🇺 on your appointment as Kings Counsel. Truly earned and merited for all your work on behalf of refugees, migrants and so many more people in need of social justice.