How sad & shameful for #Belgium...#EU #migration policy is all about pride & prejudice & politics 👉politico.eu/article/two-mo…

EU governments deny the existence of a violent campaign by masked men to turn away asylum seekers at EU borders. A months-long investigation by @LHReports & leading media unmasks these groups, reveals who commands & finances them

As this year comes to a close, our Lancet Migration: global collaboration #European Regional Hub shares their latest statement, on #pushbacks at European borders - a threat to #health and life, requiring immediate action. Click the link below to find the full statement⬇️ migrationhealth.org/regional-hubs/…

Join us on Monday 31 January for a special panel discussion in collaboration with أطباء بلا حدود في لبنان on Fortress Europe and the Syrian Refugee Crisis Speakers: Reem Mussa, Dawn Chatty, Michiel Hofman Chair: Annie Slemrod Details and Zoom registration link at: bit.ly/340MCqg

OK I’m just going to say it. The border is working as designed. This is honestly not surprising. Why are people shocked we’ve had two decades of this already. #racistborders

Given the situation in #Ukraine, the refugee protests in #Libya will not find much attention. But the courageous struggle of Refugees In Libya is important & needs international solidarity. Martina Tazzioli & I have written this article for openDemocracy. opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-traf…

Victoria’s Yoorrook Justice Commission- Australia’s first truth-telling inquiry into injustices experienced by Indigenous people- launches in Melbourne today Guardian Australia

With refugees very much on peoples' minds, on BBC World Service we're looking at new technologies governing migration and dividing people along racial lines, using increasingly opaque algorithms @samosvolunteers Petra Molnar (@petramolnar.com on BlueSky🦋) sarah chander 🇵🇸 Emre Eren Korkmaz bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3c…

“When there was an air raid the guards ran off & left them locked up,” @LHReports reveals life inside EU-funded Ukraine detention centre that kept migrants locked up as war raged. W/partners DER SPIEGEL Al Jazeera English 🧵

Started reading through the #OLAF report on #Frontex. The criminal energy it reveals is incredible. This section shows the covering up of the so-called ‘Easter massacre’ of 2020. My key recommendations about what should be done with the EU border agency: a thread 🧵 .

Ah those wonderful European values of racism and white supremacy on full display here.

1/2 🔴Breaking: At around 11:30 am, the #Humanity1 was asked to leave the port of #Catania with 35 survivors on board. The captain has refused this order. Maritime law obliges him to bring all those rescued from distress at sea to a place of safety.

One year ago, thousands protested in a self-organised resistance in front of the #UNHCR office in Tripoli. Many are still stuck in Libya under appalling conditions! It is high time to move the protest from #Libya to#Geneva. Help us mobilise! Share the post & join the sit-in!

Let's be very clear: what I've seen during MSF International's latest rescue mission onbaord #GeoBarents was not only a disgrace for the #EU but simply illegal. That's why MSF launched an appeal against #Italy's latest attempts to criminalise NGO-led rescue activities in the #CentralMed

⚫️ BREAKING NEWS Italian authorities came on board the #GeoBarents and notified our team that the ship is being detained and a fine would be applied. We are currently assessing what legal actions we can take to contest. ❌ This is not acceptable!

Today, our Council of Europe anti-torture Committee @coe_cpt calls for an end to illegal pushback practices and for increased safeguards against ill-treatment following our monitoring visits to States including #Croatia #Hungary & #Greece coe.int/es/web/cpt/-/t…

#Cyclone Mocha is likely to bring violent winds and possible landslides and flashfloods. It will have severe impacts for all people living in affected areas. A THREAD

‼️“Since we started providing emergency medical assistance to people arriving by boat to Lesbos in June 2022, we have been unable to find approximately 940 people who were never found at the reported location,” says Nihal Osman, MSF project coordinator in Lesbos.

🔴BREAKING: We are providing healthcare in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, following a raid by Israeli forces in the city’s refugee camp - the largest in the West Bank since 2002. At least 7 people were killed and 37 others were wounded in a ground and air attack...

Today, Maite Daniela Lo Coco of IRÍDIA, Elsa Tyszler of #BF and #HanaaHakiki of ECCHR present results of ‚The Nador-Melilla Border trap‘ in the Congreso together with Amnistía Internacional España. Right now, we hear #MahamatDaoud‘s testimony. Check it out: borderforensics.org/investigations…