#DataFromTheBorders Italy allocated EUR 310 million to third countries between the end of 2016 and November 2020: Libya is the country that received the largest amount. #Libya #TheBigWall

#DataFromTheBorders Applications for political asylum in 2020 dropped in Europe: -75% in Italy, -70% in Germany, and -19% in France. #asylumseekers #Europe #unhcr

#BorderTale 🇸🇮🇭🇷 “At the beginning of the refugee crisis, in 2015, I used to meet people and families every day crossing the river, along their journey.” Read what Boris has to tell about #Kolpa river, at the border between #Slovenia and #Croatia 👇 snapshotsfromtheborders.eu/the-river-of-b…

#Newsfromtheborders 🇪🇺 “Palm scanners record the unique pattern of the vein in a person’s hand to be used as a biometric identifier, and the makers of the live camera reconstruction technology promise to virtually erase foliage, exposing people hiding near border areas."

Sunday 20th June is #WorldRefugeeDay. From concerts to cooking workshops, slam poetry to synchronized swimming... Check out what are the events near you and get involved!

#DataFromTheBorders The number of illegal border crossings at Europe’s external borders dropped by 40% in the first two months of 2021 compared to a year ago.Only the Central Mediterranean route recorded a 26 % increase in irregular entries. #Frontex #borders #fortressEurope

LIVE now on our FB page, "Voices from the Borders" facebook.com/snapshotsfromt… Carta di Roma Amref Italia

Triantafillos Loukarelis from Unar now speaking on our live Facebook event facebook.com/snapshotsfromt…

#Quotesfromtheborders Henry Miller was an American writer and artist. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new type of semi-autobiographical novel. #literature #change #vision

#Quotesfromtheborders Mohsin Hamid is is a British Pakistani novelist, writer and brand consultant. #MohsinHamid #writer #Pakistani #migration

snapshotsfromtheborders.eu/on-the-road/ An online round table regarding the problems of migrants in Bosnia and Herzegovina was organized by Iscomet and the Agencija lokalne demokratije Mostar. If you missed the live event, you can catch up watching the event registration fb.watch/6pGwyLWOHE/

An estimated 250 million jobs have been lost around the world, and the number of people affected by acute food insecurity was estimated to have doubled to 272 million by the end of last year. theguardian.com/global-develop…

#QuotesFromTheBorders #JaneElliott became known as a schoolteacher for her "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" exercise, which she first conducted with her third-grade class on April 5, 1968, the day after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. #racism #education #power #privilege

#globalcoronablog 🇨🇴 In Colombia, as in other parts of the world, migrants and refugees are among the groups most affected by the pandemic. #SnapshotsFromTheBorders #nomorebricksinthewall @EWNT_Thueringen 👉 global-corona.blog/newsleser/adri…

#NewsFromTheBorders On July 9th 2021 in Lampedusa an important event has been held in “hybrid” mode, starting from an initiative of the University of Teramo and with the collaboration with 30 African universities. Learn more: snapshotsfromtheborders.eu/workshop-the-t…

#QuotesFromTheBorders André Gide was a French author and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1947. Gide's career ranged from its beginnings in the symbolist movement, to the advent of anticolonialism between the two World Wars.

🇸🇪 🇫🇮 🇦🇫 "Sweden is stopping all deportations to Afghanistan, citing the deteriorating security situation in the country. It comes after Finland last week became the first European country to announce a freeze on forced returns" bit.ly/3wM5rWR

Don't miss our webinar dedicated to "Migration issues, policies and stories from Ethiopia", taking place on Zoom tomorrow- Check out the programme and speakers #Ethiopia #migration #DEARprogramme #snapshotsfromtheborders #nomorebricksinthewall

#NewsFromTheBorders 🇱🇹🇧🇾 ⁠ ⁠ It all started when the news spread in #Iraq that a #visa was no longer required to fly from Baghdad to Minsk in #Belarus. Since the beginning of 2021, at least 4,000 Iraqis have arrived in #Lithuania on that route. 👉 snapshotsfromtheborders.eu/lithuania-bela…

#BorderTales 🇩🇪 The European Green Belt is a destination for tourists and nature lovers. In the region of #Thuringia, #Germany, it has also been a border: the old Iron Curtain, which separated Germany in two. 👇 snapshotsfromtheborders.eu/thuringia-betw…