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Prof Dr Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche
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Professor of law (EU, migrations, human rights, rule of law, states of exception) #moebius project | IUF; Institut Convergences Migrations; EU Fundamental Rights Agency; UJML
https://sites.google.com/site/marielaurebasiliengainche/home
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Katalin Halmai @eublogo.bsky.social · 18h
Marco Rubio just flew to Budapest to deliver a speech in which he provided a full endorsement of Viktor Orbán in the upcoming Hungarian elections.
Here is the letter he signed in 2019 warning about Hungary's "downward democratic trajectory" under Orbán
h/t Carrick Ryan

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RFI @rfi.fr · 2d
Israël: le gouvernement de Netanyahu approuve un plan d'enregistrement foncier en Cisjordanie
Israël: le gouvernement de Netanyahu approuve un plan d'enregistrement foncier en Cisjordanie
Israël accélère sa reprise en main de la Cisjordanie. Après une série de mesures chocs adoptées il y a une semaine, le gouvernement Netanyahu a validé, dimanche 15 février, le lancement d’un cadastre officiel en zone occupée. Une première depuis 1967 qui vise à graver dans le marbre la présence israélienne. 
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Vittoria Elliott @telliotter.bsky.social · 4d
SCOOP: ICE is asking Social Security for peoples' in-person appointment dates and times, and SSA staff are being told to give it to them. From me + @leahfeiger.bsky.social + @zoeschiffer.bsky.social @wired.com

wired.com/story/social...
Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE
The recent request goes against decades of precedent, and puts noncitizens at further risk of immigration enforcement actions.
wired.com

Reposted by Ann Bartow, Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 4d
🚨🚨 "Surprise, surprise": The U.S. is reorienting its foreign funding program to export #MAGA ideology to Europe — and a growing set of far-right and conservative think tanks and political groups are lining up to take Washington’s money. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/maga...
The MAGA-friendly European think tanks Trump wants to fund
The Heritage Foundation identified European groups for U.S. backing.
www.politico.eu

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Matthew J (is) Tired @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 6d
Must read. We all know the cognitive damage and other harms done to users of genAI, but here is behind the scenes reporting on the psychological costs and trauma to workers from vulnerable communities in places like India who are paid pennies to do AI “training” data annotation.
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI
Women in rural communities describe trauma of moderating violent and pornographic content for global tech companies
www.theguardian.com

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 8d
Detention Reports has been updated to include a national map of all active ICE detention facilities that link to individual facility reports. Learn about this new feature and other new features at my latest post: austinkocher.substack.com/p/the-best-s...

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Alberto Alemanno @alemanno.bsky.social · 8d
This week EU leaders double down on the so-called “simplification agenda” — one of the EU’s most self-defeating bets on competitiveness.

Ten omnibus packages won’t magically save €15bn/year, but they will fuel legal uncertainty, weaken protections, and erode EU strategic autonomy. #EUCO

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InfoMigrants @infomigrants.net · 13d
Only four percent of the over 17,000 unaccompanied foreign minors hosted in Italy in 2025 lived with a foster family, according to a new study by UNICEF and the National Coordination of Care Communities (CNCA).

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6963...
Unaccompanied foreign minors in Italy: Only a small fraction lived with foster families in 2025
A study recently published by UNICEF and the National Coordination of Care Communities (CNCA) has revealed that only 4 percent of the over 17,000 unaccompanied foreign minors hosted in Italy in 2025 l...
www.infomigrants.net

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Desinfox-Migrations @desinfoxmig.bsky.social · 14d
📢 Nous avons un 𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 ! Découvrez le décryptage de 𝐒𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐲𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐤𝐡 qui déconstruit le mythe selon lequel 𝐝𝐞𝐬 “𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐥𝐥é𝐠𝐚𝐮𝐱” 𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥’𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐮 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐝. Et d'ailleurs, les Maghrébins sont-ils africains ? Partagez, 𝐟𝐚î𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐃é𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐱 ! desinfoxmigrations.fr/les-africain...
Les « Africains illégaux » envahissent-ils l’Afrique du Nord ? - Désinfox-Migrations
Shreya Parikh, politiste, Sciences Po Paris Le 21 février 2023, le président tunisien Kais Saied a tenu une déclaration à l’encontre des « hordes » de migrants subsahariens, les qualifiant tous d’illé...
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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 15d
Last week, Portugal’s prominent center-right politicians are publicly backing António José Seguro, a former SG of the Socialist Party in the runoff presidential election on Feb. 8. The conservative endorsement is a collective rejection of the opposing candidate, far-right Chega leader André Ventura

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 15d
🚨🚨Striking but welcome development in Portugese politics: To stop the explosive growth of the ultranationalist #Chega party, Portugal’s leading conservatives are doing the previously unthinkable: endorsing the center-left candidate for president. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/port...
Portugal’s conservatives back left-wing candidate to avoid a far-right president
Center-right leaders are taking pains to publicly reject the ultranationalist contender ahead of the country’s Feb. 8 vote.
www.politico.eu

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16d
4/ and the publication must have regard to the rights/interests of others providing information and 'any third parties' too. So there might be some redaction involved, but the Commission has now had 2 months to do this. Very unimpressive.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16d
3/ by saying that the 'publication shall state the names of the parties and the main content of the decision, including any penalties imposed.' Also 'publication shall have regard to the rights and legitimate interests of the provider of the...platform'; though it seems X wants the text published

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16d
2/ The legal point - not mentioned in the article - is that the DSA itself requires the Commission to publish non-compliance decisions. Art 80 DSA says that 'The Commission shall publish the decisions', which seems unqualified, but then the obligation is qualified (it's not good drafting)...contd

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 16d
The GOP 'free speech' bros are absurdly hypocritical - supporting an administration that arrests journalists - but nevertheless the Commission's failure to publish the decision (or some version of it) on X's non-compliance with the Digital Service Act is obnoxious and probably unlawful. 1/
wavesblog.bsky.social Simonetta Vezzoso @wavesblog.bsky.social · 16d
"Asked why the decision had not yet been published by the EU, European Commission spokesperson Thomas Regnier told Tech Policy Press that decisions can only be released after due diligence" and that process is depressingly slow, at times (researcher speaking) www.techpolicy.press/eu-decision-...
EU Decision Behind €120m Fine on Musk’s X Released by US Lawmakers
This marks the first time a Digital Services Act enforcement decision of this magnitude has been disclosed.
www.techpolicy.press

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Verfassungsblog @verfassungsblog.de · 17d
From Minneapolis, what many describe as a constitutional crisis looks very different on the ground.

EMMANUEL MAULEÓN on racialised suspicion, the erosion of Fourth Amendment protections, and the shift of state violence from the margins to the center.

verfassungsblog.de/a-letter-fro...
Quote: “What is newly visible to some through Operation Metro Surge has long been lived by others. The elasticity of constitutional standards and the racialized logics that structure immigration enforcement are not new.”

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Prof Dr Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche @mlbg.bsky.social · 18d
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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 19d
Face aux attaques contre l’État de droit, la CNCDH soutient « la résistance » citoyenne

Par @jeromehourdeaux.bsky.social
Face aux attaques contre l’État de droit, la CNCDH soutient « la résistance » citoyenne
« Les menaces et les atteintes à l’État de droit se multiplient. Elles traversent l’ensemble de la société, fragilisant ses fondements démocratiques », alerte la Commission nationale consultative des droits de l’homme. Mediapart a interrogé son président, Jean-Marie Burguburu.
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Reece Jones @reecejones.bsky.social · 19d
I wrote about the long history of Border Patrol racism and violence for the New York Times www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/o...
Opinion | The Border Patrol Was Always Out of Control
www.nytimes.com

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Chron.com @chron.com · 20d
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
Rice students expose ICE raids with new interactive map
It's a nationwide digital spotlight on ICE arrests and detention centers.
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Chris Mommers @chrismommers.bsky.social · 20d
"We are now hearing a great deal about 'return hubs' - a concept that was, until recently, considered legally and practically off-limits and that is now sold as a 'quick fix. While states look for 'innovative solutions', they must not create human rights black holes."
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Efficiency through dignity: why Europe’s return policies need human rights - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 28/01/2026
www.coe.int

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Emily Flitter @emilyflitter.bsky.social · 21d
ICE deported a 5-year-old US citizen to Honduras, where she had never been, after holding her & her mother in a hotel room 80 miles from home for several days and not allowing them access to a lawyer www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Five-year-old deported to Honduras despite being US citizen is latest child victim of Trump crackdown
Mother whose visa application was pending says she will send girl back to US soon accompanied by another relative
www.theguardian.com

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Mediapart @mediapart.fr · 21d
L’Europe a englouti 760 millions d’euros dans une fausse solution miracle au problème du plastique

Présenté comme la « solution ultime » par les industriels, le recyclage chimique est en réalité une impasse.

Enquête collaborative avec six médias européens 👉 www.mediapart.fr/journal/ecol...
Présenté comme la « solution ultime » à la pollution plastique par les industriels, le recyclage chimique est en réalité une impasse technologique et économique. L’UE continue pourtant de soutenir la filière et s’apprête à légaliser des pratiques trompeuses pour les consommateurs.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 24d
BREAKING: Federal agents just shot and killed a man in Minneapolis after brutally beating him in front of witnesses.

We condemn this killing and demand ICE and CBP agents withdraw from Minneapolis immediately.

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CPESR @cpesr.fr · 25d
[ #VeilleESR ] La recherche en danger... Conversation avec Stéphanie Balme, rédactrice du rapport - Défendre et promouvoir la liberté académique.

Via https://piaille.fr/@gmcs2/115943776769238931
La recherche en danger... Conversation avec Stéphanie Balme, rédactrice du rapport - Défendre et promouvoir la liberté académique.
the-conversation.canalchat.fr

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Prof Dr Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche @mlbg.bsky.social · 25d
[seminar] #ProjetMoebius
📢 Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen, "Free Movement vs External Border Control? Reframing Schengen as Legal Infrastructure"
📅 13 February 2026
🕠 10h-12h CET
📍 Online
🔗 Registration: www.billetweb.fr/seminaire-mo...

IUF @icmigrations.bsky.social @ediec-4185.bsky.social

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Julien Gossa @juliengossa.cpesr.fr · 29d
[ #VeilleESR #Parcoursup ] les universités suppriment des places, faute de moyens suffisants
par @loreliecarrive.bsky.social

En réalité, la baisse du nombre de places est un objectif du projet annuel de performance de la nation depuis 2 ans.
Les budgets en déficit n'en sont que la conséquence.
Parcoursup : quand les universités suppriment des places, faute de moyens suffisants
Les inscriptions sur Parcoursup commencent ce lundi, les lycées ont jusqu'au 12 mars pour formuler des vœux sur la plateforme. Mais de l'autre côté, l'offre de formation subit de plein fouet la situat...
www.radiofrance.fr

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Desinfox-Migrations @desinfoxmig.bsky.social · Jan 17
Informer ne consiste pas à nourrir des amalgames, mais à éclairer sereinement des enjeux complexes.
1 acceptation sur 37 : c'est le chiffre qui vient contredire le dernier titre alarmiste de Marianne sur une prétendue « immigration psychiatrique »
Derrière les formules choc sur une prétendue « immigration psychiatrique », la réalité administrative raconte une tout autre histoire. Notre analyse du cadrage adopté par Marianne montre comment quelq...
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Desinfox-Migrations @desinfoxmig.bsky.social · Jan 17
👉 Pourquoi le terme « déséquilibré » est un non-sens clinique.
👉 Comment le fait divers est utilisé pour occulter le manque de moyens criant de la psychiatrie française.
👉 Pourquoi ce type de traitement médiatique est une entorse à la déontologie journalistique (cf. Charte de Marseille).
La Charte | Charte Migration
chartejournalismemigrations.fr

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Desinfox-Migrations @desinfoxmig.bsky.social · Jan 17
En titrant « La France, terre d’accueil des déséquilibrés », dans son dernier numéro, l'hebdomadaire Marianne ne se contente pas d'une formule choc. Il installe un cadrage médiatique où l’exception devient la norme.
Nous avons analysé ce dossier.
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1 acceptation sur 37 : c'est le chiffre qui vient contredire le dernier titre alarmiste de Marianne sur une prétendue « immigration psychiatrique »
Derrière les formules choc sur une prétendue « immigration psychiatrique », la réalité administrative raconte une tout autre histoire. Notre analyse du cadrage adopté par Marianne montre comment quelq...
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