Just released my report about human rights violations at international borders, including a follow-up about the grave and extended practice of "pushbacks", the issue of safe 3rd countries and other related matters. I will present it at UN Human Rights Council on June 23. undocs.org/Home/Mobile?Fi…

#Frontex "will not reveal how it complies with human rights obligations when it deports people from Hungary, despite already being told to stop such operations", reports Nikolaj Nielsen for EUobserver: bit.ly/3QI72rL

This deserves a party! 🙃 Boris Johnson resigns theguardian.com/politics/live/…

1/ Yesterday, LIBE Committee Press working group on Frontex met on Art. 46 or when does Frontex finally suspend or terminate operations in countries where human rights are violated? 🌟 Highlights 🌟

#Bulgaria Today with Lighthouse Reports & partners, we release the first visual evidence of an asylum seeker being hit with live ammunition on the #EU border. His name is Abdullah El Rüstüm and I have met him last October in #Istanbul. A THREAD 🧵

For years people have been illegally sent back from #Italy to #Greece in secret prisons on private ships. After months of investigating, we’ve found where asylum seekers, including children, are being detained. THREAD 🧵

European Court of Human Rights finds Croatia responsible for the DEATHS and INJURIES of persons it deprived of liberty! See full report from #ECRE member Centar za mirovne studije/Centre for Peace Studies 🔗bit.ly/3Wlxj0v

NO ACCESS TO ASYLUM IN 🇭🇺 Since 27 May 2020, almost impossible to access asylum procedure in Hungary. Right to seek asylum completely emptied out by the legal framework in place & practice of the asylum authority. Brief #ECRE member Hungarian Helsinki Committee 🔗bit.ly/3KgN6Lz

🧵#AIDA Update 🇭🇺 ➡️Only 44 asylum app, 4 granted entry under embassy procedure ➡️158,565 persons pushed back to 🇷🇸 ➡️CJEU rules current procedure to use national security grounds in asylum procedures illegal ➡️Less withdrawal procedures initiated 🔗bit.ly/40rLqDH

The boat was not moving for at least 7 hours before it sank. BBC evidence contradicts Greek coastguard's claim it was on “steady course & speed” & so didn't need rescue. According to survivors the boat capsized after the coastguard tried to tow them (rt🧵with testimonies:)

The Bulgarian-Turkish border is seeing a surge in pushbacks and violence against migrants. InfoMigrants reporter @brunnersum traveled to Bulgaria to speak with local NGOs, migrants and journalists to better understand why – and who is most at risk. infomigrants.net/en/post/51197/…

#Greece: UN Special Procedures denounce continued refoulements & violence against asylum seekers by law enforcement & Coast Guards, & total lack of accountability. This violates both international human rights law & European law. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

🤝Solidarity in Action! 🤝 Civil fleet collaboration - SOS MEDITERRANEE, @alarmphone, and Open Arms - saving lives. If we are allowed to act❗️ The last few days are emblematic of NGO rescue capacity and collective effectiveness. [1/3]

Surveillance, automated visas & data collection are transforming migration & border governance while impacting human rights. Learn what needs to be done to #StandUp4Migrants and safeguard their rights on our latest study w/ the University of Essex, Human Rights Centre. ow.ly/avmM50PMCbF

Sharing my research commissioned by OSCE ODIHR: osce.org/odihr/556554 To enhace indpt. border police monitoring at EU's external borders: 1. commit to stop border abuses 2. invest in human rights-based border mgmt. 3. engage avail. expertise ➡️access to justice ➡️rule of law

New Amnesty International report exposes how automation of social assistance in Serbia pushed some people further into poverty Instead of expanding coverage, Serbia's Social Card law reduced lives to a set of data points & harmed Roma and people with disabilities amnesty.org/en/documents/e…

Yesterday's trilogues on the EU Asylum Pact haven't led to an agreement yet. Many contentious issues remain open, incl.: - Screening within the territory & scope of the fundamental rights monitoring mechanism - Modalities of mandatory border procedures & safe country concepts 🧵

BREAK: The European Parliament just adopted a resolution urging Frontex to suspend operational activities in Greece because of pushbacks and violence against migrants and refugees. The EP resolution is a follow-up of the Frontex investigation I led two years ago. 🧵

Great piece by @Politico Lighthouse Reports exposing how #Turkey uses European Commission's funds to forcibly return to #Afghanistan & #Syria. @EU_NEAR's complete lack of basic due diligence & human rights monitoring leads EU tax payer money to fund grave violations. politico.eu/article/the-eu…