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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · 25d

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · 25d

Read the full statement here: borderviolence.eu/uploads/docu...

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · 25d

🚨 Today, MIT joins 200+ others in calling for the rejection of the EU’s proposed “Return Regulation”. Really about deportation, it will expand detention, fuel racial profiling & weaken safeguards. Europe needs dignity, care & solidarity — not punishment & profit at the cost of fundamental rights.

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ECRE @theecre.bsky.social · 25d

On #InternationalDayofDemocracy, we must ask: can democracy coexist with the systematic violation of refugee rights ❓

Short answer: No.
Long answer 🧵

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Sep 10

All additional documents can be found at the same link as the report: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...

@bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Sep 10

✏️ Augmenting our April report on police detention, short versions are now available in:

English
Arabic - العربية
Urdu - اردو
Farsi - فارسی
Kurdish - Kurdî
Greek - Eλληνικά
French - Français

As well as a dedicated briefing on the application of the EU’s Return & Reception Conditions Directives. 💪

Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Apr 16

📢 Report: Greece’s Illegal Use of Police Stations to Detain Migrants

Today, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social, @bordercrim.bsky.social and the Border Violence Monitoring Network publish a new report on the detention of migrants in police stations in Greece

➡️ www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...

Report: Greece's Illegal Use of Police Stations to Detain Migrants — Mobile Info Team

Today, Mobile Info Team, Border Criminologies and the Border Violence Monitoring Network publish a new report on the use of police cells for long-term detention of migrants in Greece.

www.mobileinfoteam.org

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Border Violence Monitoring Network @borderviolence.bsky.social · Aug 12

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🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.

borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...

This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.

BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.

BVMN Monthly Report - May 2025: Detention

This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe. This report looks into the detention conditions and practices ...

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 23

Read the full statement here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/joint-statem...

Joint Statement on M.S.S and H.A supervision — Mobile Info Team

Joint statement on M.S.S and H.A supervision

www.mobileinfoteam.org

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 23

The decision of the CM to close the supervision of asylum procedures marks the loss of a critical mechanism of oversight into a defective and dehumanising system, at a time when the right of access to asylum is facing steady political erosion.

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 23

These include unstable access to asylum, chronic delays in asylum procedures, frequent technical issues with the online registration platform, the arbitrary use of the 'safe third country' concept, and issues with the effectiveness and accessibility of appeals procedures, among others.

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 23

✅ We appreciate the decision of the CM to continue monitoring living and detention conditions, and the lack of effective remedies.

❌We regret, however, the decision to stop monitoring asylum procedures, despite civil society repeatedly warning about serious flaws in Greece’s asylum system.

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 23

🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Addressing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases. @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social @equallegalaid.bsky.social

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RSA - Refugee Support Aegean @rsaegean.org · Jul 16

Joint statement by 72 organisations: The unlawful suspension of access to #asylum in #Greece must be immediately withdrawn
#refugees #Crete

Statement including all signatures:
👉 rsaegean.org/en/withdraw-...
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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 18

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Joint Statement on suspension of asylum processing — Mobile Info Team

Joint statement on suspension of asylum processing

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 18

Enough is enough. We strongly urge the reversal of these measures, and expect Greek authorities and EU institutions to demonstrate commitment to the rights and values that bind us.

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 18

On 11 July, the Greek gov adopted a new law suspending asylum processing for 3 months, in addition to ordering the summary arrest, detention and deportation of all new arrivals. These amount to flagrant violations of EU and international law.

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 18

🚨 JOINT STATEMENT @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social: We strongly condemn the Greek government’s new legislative amendment to suspend the processing of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from North Africa

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Border Violence Monitoring Network @borderviolence.bsky.social · Jul 3

Member organisations Collective Aid, @ihaverights.bsky.social, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social, @legalcentrelesvos.bsky.social and Center for Legal Aid - Voice in Bulgaria are among 50+ signatories of a joint statement denouncing the concept of "Safe Third Country".

www.amnesty.eu/news/eu-safe...

Joint statement: EU 'safe country' and return proposals would seriously undermine protection and human dignity – European Institutions Office

The EU’s recent proposals in the area of migration and asylum risk seriously undermining people’s access to fair and full asylum procedures in Europe. The European Commission’s recent initiatives appe...

www.amnesty.eu

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Border Violence Monitoring Network @borderviolence.bsky.social · Jun 27

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🟠 BVMN’s April report is now online.

borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...

With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:

❌ Minors subject to violence during Croatian pushbacks to Bosnia-Herzegovina

Balkan Regional Report - April 2025

SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF PUSHBACKS AND INTERNAL VIOLENCE DOCUMENTED BY BVMN DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL This report brings together first-hand testimonies from a range of countries in the region to look...

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jul 1

The EU's recent 'safe country' and return proposals appear to be part of a broader strategy to externalise the EU’s migration management.

With 50+ NGOs, we're calling on the EU and member states to reject any attempts to weaken protection for asylum seekers.

👉 www.rescue.org/eu/resource/...

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jun 20

💪 It is NOT a moment to be discouraged, however. Rather, now more than ever, Greek and EU officials must recall that seeking asylum is a human right, and must uphold their legal obligations to ensure that all people live in safety and dignity.

Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jun 20

Systemic procedural delays, evictions from camps, reduced support from civil society due to funding and capacity cuts as well as hostile legal developments at national and EU level are but a few of the challenges they face.

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jun 20

World Refugee Day 2025 arrives in the midst of deep (geo)political uncertainty and an increasingly hostile environment for refugees in Greece:

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Border Violence Monitoring Network @borderviolence.bsky.social · Jun 18

The EU wants to expand deportations, including of children.

The new DeportationRegulation fuels detention, criminalization, and digital surveillance.

As the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, we call on the EU to withdraw its proposal.

Read out statement: borderviolence.eu/reports/the-...

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Mobile Info Team @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social · Jun 4

Read the full statement here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/joint-statem...