Erdogan's Long Arm Threatens Kurdish Exiles in Sweden Those who fled Turkey are now facing extradition as Ankara seeks concessions from Stockholm before approving its NATO bid. by giacomo zandonini and Natalia Alana foreignpolicy.com/2023/07/09/kur…

To questions on what to do next and how to challenge these policies, my answers is always: collaboration. Bringing together the migration&asylum sector with the digital rights NGOs, working with journalists, researchers, civil society - all of this is crucial.

Europol management board decisions are only made public following an access request Despite Europol commitment to transparency measures in response to an European Ombudsman decision and transparency obligation in the new regulation Find them here: statewatch.org/news/2023/july…

🤔Wonder how EU externalized migration control is going? Wonder no longer! Find the latest leaked #EUCommission update on its 'cooperation' w/ non-EU countries on migration. We summarized the🗝️developments on #Eurafrican migration control on our #blog. These include ⬇️

Vacancy: Communications Worker Your ideas, enthusiasm and creativity will improve the communication of our work on civil liberties, human rights and democratic standards. Full details here: charityjob.co.uk/jobs/statewatc…

Please take the job... I don't know what I am doing! #twitternovice #communication #civilsociety

👏👏European Court of Human Rights judgments condemn detention of asylum-seekers in #Hungarian transit zones 5 October, 3 judgments were delivered at Strasbourg where the applicants were asylum-seekers, all successfully represented by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee helsinki.hu/en/european-co…

"Once the police have your data, you may inadvertently become a suspect in an open investigation. It shouldn't be the case, but the national police and Europol are having a hard time getting the memo." EDRi @ChloBemy and RomainLanneau in EUobserver euobserver.com/opinion/157513

Webinar: Activists and NGOs under watch! Are you are in Europol’s databases? On 7 November, EDRi & Statewatch take stock of criminalisation & surveillance of social movements in Europe, unveiling new guide for people to request data held by Europol. edri.org/take-action/ev…

🚨 The deadline for our questionnaire is next Wednesday 17 April! We still need more information to combat this issue - which has severe consequences for #immigration & #asylum cases across the #EU. If you have anything to provide, please help us by following the link below ⬇️

✅ We have extended the deadline for our questionnaire to 30 April! As a reminder, this questionnaire will help us ensure the right to an effective remedy for asylum & immigration cases that face unjust decisions based on "secret" information. It is available in 9* languages ⤵️

🧵1/ When individuals are told that the information leading to their #detention & exclusion is secret, they have no meaningful way to challenge these decisions. That's why we are looking for ways to combat this #secrecy in immigration & asylum processes

📅 Join us at the Hungarian Helsinki Committee's webinar: "Access to classified data in national security related immigration cases" with ECRE & Helsińska Fundacja Praw Człowieka Online, 17 October 09:00-15:00 CET RomainLanneau will present on "Access to classified data through Law Enforcement Directive." 🧵

1/5 BIRN has published an important investigation on a #RevolvingDoors case related to Europol , Thorn and the #CSAM proposed rules. 📄balkaninsight.com/2024/10/11/eur…

Philippine authorities are using Facebook in #redtagging campaigns targeting young activists, among them those working to investigate & expose human rights abuses. The practice has intensified under Presidents #Duterte & Bongbong Marcos. #NoToRedTagging #ProtectTheProtest

🚨@Amnesty & fourteen other coalition partners led by La Quadrature du Net submitted a complaint to the Council of State in France, demanding the discriminatory risk-scoring algorithmic system used by the National Family Allowance Fund (CNAF) be stopped. amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

👉 Join us for a workshop on "Data protection in immigration and asylum: Rights and opportunities for redress"! When: 6 November from 16:00 to 18:00 GMT Where: Online (zoom) Find the details and register here: buff.ly/4eHK0wP

Remember to sign up for our workshop: Data protection in immigration & asylum! Data protection is severely underused but offers a critical means of redress in immigration and asylum cases! Spots are going quickly, so register soon: statewatch.org/publications/e…

We call on European Commission to be more transparent about #humanrights information it relied on before signing an agreement with Tunisia that includes EU funds for border management. It should also set out and publish explicit criteria for suspending EU funding. Our findings 👇

👉 Join us for a workshop: Data protection in immigration and asylum: Rights and opportunities for redress When: 23 January, 16:00-18:00 CET Where: Online (zoom) 1/2