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Human Rights, refugee rights, equity and justice, migration, borders, anti-violence & anti-war.
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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war
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elenik.bsky.social @elenik.bsky.social · 5d
"Greece’s new deportation bill, the number of people in detention is set to rise again. This will be a boon to IOM’s returns programme, [AVRR] which will be able to offer its services to this trapped population..."Return or Prison" =new #migration policy

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“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme
The UN agency started offering larger cash grants as an alternative to prison. When that didn’t work, it revised down the targets of the scheme.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 5d
Plans to further reduce EU standards for expulsion of non-EU citizens, via @statewatch.bsky.social
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Jonathan Tranter @jonathantranter.bsky.social · 8d
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Statewatch | EU deportation proposals: the member states sink to new depths
A new compromise text for the upcoming deportation Regulation was recently circulated by the Danish presidency of the Council of the EU. Alongside two other legal proposals currently under discussion,...
www.statewatch.org
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 9d
Torture weapons are being used on Europe's streets to put down protests
Torture weapons are being used on Europe's streets to put down protests
Rubber bullets, chemical substances, experimental acoustic weapons have been used recently by various police on Europe's streets against peaceful protests, writes the UN special rapporteur on torture.
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elenik.bsky.social @elenik.bsky.social · 11d
The feeding frenzy for stirring up anti-immigration sentiment using video click baits, has no bottom!! I am so disgusted by this circus of "the social media influencers culture" who are destroying human rights for personal gain.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 12d
Hotels housing migrants are now YouTube content farms. Outrage = clicks. Clicks = cash: £10k–£20k a month, just for filming cruelty. Division is the business model.

Details here ⤵️

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Lucrative hate: YouTubers target migrant hotels for clicks
YouTubers are cashing in by harassing asylum seekers at hotels, turning human misery into profitable, divisive entertainment
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Solomon @wearesolomon.bsky.social · 13d
EXCLUSIVE: “Following orders” — The defense of the Pylos coast guard officers

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EXCLUSIVE: “Following orders” — The defense of the Pylos coast guard officers
The Hellenic Coast Guard has faced unprecedented scrutiny since June 2023, when a fishing trawler overloaded with migrants capsized and sank off the coast of Pylos, killing more than 600 people. Thirt...
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 19d
Companies are marketing “alternatives” to immigration detention such as ankle monitors, GPS-enabled watches, and biometric reporting apps. But research by Petra Molnar, Daniel Ghezelbash, Carolina Gottardo, and Antonella Napolitano finds that tech doesn’t dismantle detention—it expands it.
Technology is Turning Immigration Detention into an Invisible Leash | TechPolicy.Press
Rights-based and community-centered alternatives to detention are possible, write Petra Molnar, Daniel Ghezelbash, Carolina Gottardo, and Antonella Napolitano.
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 17d
Austria will be allowed to deport a 19-year old Syrian, after the European Court of Human Rights lifted an injunction. The case may lead to similar deportations as Europe clamps down on asylum seekers and refugees.
European rights court sides with Austria on deporting 19-year old Syrian
Austria will be allowed to deport a 19-year old Syrian, after the European Court of Human Rights lifted an injunction. The case may lead to similar deportations as Europe clamps down on asylum seekers and refugees.
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Solomon @wearesolomon.bsky.social · 18d
Despite the stories of mass arrests, most “smugglers” jailed in Greece are asylum-seekers who were coerced into driving boats.

Fast-track trials and flawed evidence raise serious concerns about justice. #EMIF @voxeurop.bsky.social

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Greece’s smuggling crackdown: are refugees carrying the can?
Despite the stories of mass arrests, most “smugglers” jailed in Greece are asylum-seekers who were coerced into driving boats.
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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 27d
Greece has suspended asylum for people arriving from Libya.

❗Yet people fleeing war keep moving. On 14 September, 11 Sudanese died in a shipwreck.
Route de Tobrouk : 11 migrants soudanais périssent dans un naufrage au large de la Libye
Selon la presse soudanaise, 11 ressortissants soudanais sont morts dimanche au large de la Libye alors qu'ils tentaient de traverser la Méditerranée pour atteindre la Grèce. Ils étaient 51 migrants à ...
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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · 27d
🚨The EU’s new “Return Regulation” is really a Deportation Regulation.

It expands detention, weakens safeguards & creates profit for private contractors – at the expense of people’s dignity & communities.

Over 200 organisations say: Reject it.
@ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu @eu2025dk.bsky.social
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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · Sep 11
Chronic gaps in #reception conditions, healthcare and interpretation,‘dead letter’ financial allowance, no housing alternatives for vulnerable persons - continuing also in the first half of 2025 in #Greece.
#refugees #camps

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Reception & refugee camps in Greece in the first half of 2025 - R.S.A.
Official statistics on refugee camps in Greece in the first half of 2025: capacity, populations, vulnerable groups, and persisting reception gaps.
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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · Sep 11
On researching migration and border governance through Freedom of Information (FOI) requests: the challenges, potential, and treating it as a research method in its own right. Read part 4 of our series on border policing ⤵️

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Greek Council for Refugees @gcrefugees.bsky.social · Sep 3
Children need safety, education, dignity. Not detention and neglect.
🔗Read our new joint brief with @savechildreneu.bsky.social - gcr.gr/el/gcr-repor...
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elenik.bsky.social @elenik.bsky.social · Jun 9
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Jun 4
The CJEU has ruled that Member States cannot prosecute asylum-seeking mothers who travelled on false documents with their children as people smugglers - in a judgment with broader implications for the criminalisation of immigration.

My analysis: eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-ca...
A candle in the dark: the CJEU rules against criminalising parents for smuggling their children
Professor Steve Peers , Royal Holloway University of London Photo credit : Bologna, taken by  Ввласенко , via Wikimedia Commons Introd...
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Aegean Migrant Solidarity | CPT Lesvos @cptlesvos.bsky.social · May 29
Greece is deploying AI-driven surveillance at its borders and refugee camps. Funded by the EU, these systems raise serious human rights concerns. An international investigation reveals the extent of this technological oversight. Read more:
cpt.org/2025/05/28/s...
Smart borders and refugee camps in Greece: the impact of AI surveillance
Community Peacemaker Teams builds partnerships to transform violence and oppression. Over 35 years of action for peace and justice.
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elenik.bsky.social @elenik.bsky.social · May 29
"Greece has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected #asylumseekers and speed up returns to their home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday."

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Greece drafts tougher law for rejected asylum seekers, PM says
Greece has prepared legislation that will introduce tougher penalties for rejected asylum seekers and speed up returns to their home countries, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday.
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Statewatch @statewatch.bsky.social · May 16
EU governments are pushing to set up deportation camps in non-EU countries — and to do so in a way that avoids judicial scrutiny.

These so-called “return hubs” would hold people who have received a final deportation order, even if they cannot be sent to their country of origin.
Newly leaked EU document reveals plans for deportation camps - designed to evade judicial scrutiny.
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elenik.bsky.social @elenik.bsky.social · May 28
"Let them choose voluntary return or prison’ – Greek #Migration minister’s challenge to the EU... the right-winger discusses #Greece’s new border strategy."

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Interview: ‘Let them choose voluntary return or prison’ – Greek migration minister’s challenge to the EU - Monocle
In Athens, the right-winger discusses Greece’s new border strategy, which is testing the limits of EU migration policies with stricter...
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · May 26
Head of Gaza aid group quits over humanitarian principles
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Head of US-backed Gaza aid group resigns, saying he will not abandon ‘principles’
Jake Wood’s resignation comes after the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation faced criticism from the UN and other aid groups
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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · May 23
#Pylos #shipwreck #Greece: Criminal prosecution and referral to main investigation on felony charges against 17 members of the Hellenic Coast Guard, including senior officers of its leadership.

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Bruno Tersago @brunotersago.bsky.social · May 23
Wonder if there will be enough water for the pools in the tourist resorts.
www.ekathimerini.com/economy/1270...
Water shortage halts key Greek harvests | eKathimerini.com
Severe water shortages in parts of central and southern Greece have led to restrictions on irrigation, forcing many farmers to abandon water-intensive crops such as tomatoes and cotton.
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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · May 22
#Libya: "Migrant workers and refugees live in precarious conditions and are subjected to violence and abuse inside and outside of the country's notorious detention centers, including kidnapping, extortion, trafficking, assault, and sexual abuse."

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#SurvivingLibya
“Libya at the crossroads” documentary
YouTube video by Doctors Without Borders / MSF-USA
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elenik.bsky.social @elenik.bsky.social · May 22
🇬🇷 "17 Coast Guard officers are now facing prosecution for four criminal acts, and will soon appear before the investigating judge to testify regarding the Pylos shipwreck, which claimed the lives of hundreds of #refugees

www.news247.gr/ellada/pilos...
Πύλος: Στον ανακριτή 17 Λιμενικοί - Τα κακουργήματα και οι κατηγορούμενοι
Ενώπιον του ανακριτή αναμένεται να βρεθούν 17 στελέχη του Λιμενικού για το ναυάγιο της Πύλου. Αντιμέτωποι με κατηγορίες για τέσσερα κακουργήματα.
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