@elenik.bsky.social
Human Rights, refugee rights, equity and justice, migration, borders, anti-violence & anti-war.
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🟢 Breaking: Historic win against Frontex!
The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has upheld our appeal in Hamoudi v Frontex, and overturned the order under appeal!
The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has upheld our appeal in Hamoudi v Frontex, and overturned the order under appeal!
December 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM
🟢 Breaking: Historic win against Frontex!
The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has upheld our appeal in Hamoudi v Frontex, and overturned the order under appeal!
The @eucourtofjustice.bsky.social has upheld our appeal in Hamoudi v Frontex, and overturned the order under appeal!
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⚖️ Judgment in Case C-136/24 P Hamoudi v Frontex:
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
December 18, 2025 at 10:27 AM
⚖️ Judgment in Case C-136/24 P Hamoudi v Frontex:
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
How can migrants obtain effective judicial protection in cases involving alleged summary returns?
🎥 💬 Judge Bernardus Smulders explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1...
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CJEU, border controls
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
December 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
CJEU, border controls
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
🚨 MASSIVE defeat for Frontex in two judgments - the agency is liable if it assists Member States to do pushbacks etc in breach of human rights; rules of evidence are simplified for migrants curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
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A group of 19 EU countries is pushing the European Commission to take a tougher line on migration beyond the bloc’s borders, arguing that last week’s EU deal on asylum and returns has changed the political weather in Brussels.
EU governments tell Commission to step up action on migration
Countries want the EU executive to embrace initiatives like so-called return hubs: facilities outside the EU where migrants can be deported to.
www.politico.eu
December 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A group of 19 EU countries is pushing the European Commission to take a tougher line on migration beyond the bloc’s borders, arguing that last week’s EU deal on asylum and returns has changed the political weather in Brussels.
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Still, member states proudly tout the decline in irregular crossings this year, ignoring the countless people trapped in transit countries abandoned by European border policies to die or to endure unbearable suffering.
9 African migrants freeze to death near Morocco-Algeria border
Nine African migrants died from freezing temperatures in a remote mountainous area in Morocco close to the Algeria border
www.newarab.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Still, member states proudly tout the decline in irregular crossings this year, ignoring the countless people trapped in transit countries abandoned by European border policies to die or to endure unbearable suffering.
Hunger strike by Sudanese in the 🇬🇷 #Refugeesgr structures against the legal prosecution & imprisonment of their compatriots. 300+ people being held in 🇬🇷 prison on trumped up trafficking charges, denying them the right to apply for #asylum.
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
Απεργία πείνας από Σουδανούς στις δομές ενάντια στις δίκες και τη φυλάκιση συμπατριωτών τους
Χωρίς τροφή και ακίνητοι θα παραμείνουν αύριο και μεθαύριο Σουδανοί πρόσφυγες
www.efsyn.gr
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Hunger strike by Sudanese in the 🇬🇷 #Refugeesgr structures against the legal prosecution & imprisonment of their compatriots. 300+ people being held in 🇬🇷 prison on trumped up trafficking charges, denying them the right to apply for #asylum.
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
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@allisonrwest.bsky.social explains: “When Italian or other European authorities order NGO ships to coordinate with Libyan units, they are effectively asking them to take part in an unlawful system. Therefore, refusal is not defiance but compliance with international law.”
🔴 BREAKING: Humanity 1 was detained for 20 days, and we were fined €10,000 after rescuing 160 people from distress at sea – while violent Libyan actors continue to act with impunity. More details: sos-humanity.org/en/press/hum... 1/4
December 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
@allisonrwest.bsky.social explains: “When Italian or other European authorities order NGO ships to coordinate with Libyan units, they are effectively asking them to take part in an unlawful system. Therefore, refusal is not defiance but compliance with international law.”
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After the Greek Coast Guard found 17 bodies off Crete, a body of a 12-year-old child was found after he was struck by a boat propeller while reaching the Greek island of Samos.
#SafeRoutesNow #PeopleNotMigrants
#SafeRoutesNow #PeopleNotMigrants
December 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
After the Greek Coast Guard found 17 bodies off Crete, a body of a 12-year-old child was found after he was struck by a boat propeller while reaching the Greek island of Samos.
#SafeRoutesNow #PeopleNotMigrants
#SafeRoutesNow #PeopleNotMigrants
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𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘂𝘂𝗺𝘀
The EU interior ministers have agreed on asylum restrictions. The result: a system based on detention, deportation, externalization, and punishment – a frontal attack on fundamental rights, especially those of racialized non-EU citizens.
The EU interior ministers have agreed on asylum restrictions. The result: a system based on detention, deportation, externalization, and punishment – a frontal attack on fundamental rights, especially those of racialized non-EU citizens.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘂𝘂𝗺𝘀
The EU interior ministers have agreed on asylum restrictions. The result: a system based on detention, deportation, externalization, and punishment – a frontal attack on fundamental rights, especially those of racialized non-EU citizens.
The EU interior ministers have agreed on asylum restrictions. The result: a system based on detention, deportation, externalization, and punishment – a frontal attack on fundamental rights, especially those of racialized non-EU citizens.
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This year’s #HumanRightsDay (10 December), Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) presents an updated overview of the conditions prevailing in #refugee #camps across mainland #Greece.
👉 rsaegean.org/en/human-rig...
#HRD2025
(1/9)
👉 rsaegean.org/en/human-rig...
#HRD2025
(1/9)
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This year’s #HumanRightsDay (10 December), Refugee Support Aegean (RSA) presents an updated overview of the conditions prevailing in #refugee #camps across mainland #Greece.
👉 rsaegean.org/en/human-rig...
#HRD2025
(1/9)
👉 rsaegean.org/en/human-rig...
#HRD2025
(1/9)
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That's right! We should destroy human rights so that Keir Starmer can win* the next general election!
*Make it even more likely he'll lose by mainstreaming the far right politics he pretends to oppose
*Make it even more likely he'll lose by mainstreaming the far right politics he pretends to oppose
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:33 AM
That's right! We should destroy human rights so that Keir Starmer can win* the next general election!
*Make it even more likely he'll lose by mainstreaming the far right politics he pretends to oppose
*Make it even more likely he'll lose by mainstreaming the far right politics he pretends to oppose
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We must preserve Europe's #HumanRights system; be evidence-based, rejecting false claims & dangerous associations of migration w. criminality. Uphold the law & the universality of rights. Respect for everyone's rights secures a safe state. It is not a zero-sum game. #ECHR www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
Migration: facts and law; securing the European human rights system – Commissioner O’Flaherty to Justice Ministers - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int
Strasbourg 10/12/2025
www.coe.int
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We must preserve Europe's #HumanRights system; be evidence-based, rejecting false claims & dangerous associations of migration w. criminality. Uphold the law & the universality of rights. Respect for everyone's rights secures a safe state. It is not a zero-sum game. #ECHR www.coe.int/en/web/commi...
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As European leaders meet to discuss the European Convention on Human Rights, here's a reminder that efforts to weaken the Convention and Court to serve the interests of states on migration will undermine the rights of everyone in the Council of Europe region
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
When Politicians Undermine Europe’s Rights Court, We All Lose
The European Court of Human Rights and the European Convention on Human Rights are under attack again.
www.hrw.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
As European leaders meet to discuss the European Convention on Human Rights, here's a reminder that efforts to weaken the Convention and Court to serve the interests of states on migration will undermine the rights of everyone in the Council of Europe region
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/09...
December 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"Watched, Tracked, and Targeted Life in #Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime."
A must read. ⬇️
nymag.com/intelligence...
A must read. ⬇️
nymag.com/intelligence...
Watched, Tracked, and Targeted in Gaza
Life under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime.
nymag.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
"Watched, Tracked, and Targeted Life in #Gaza under Israel’s all-encompassing surveillance regime."
A must read. ⬇️
nymag.com/intelligence...
A must read. ⬇️
nymag.com/intelligence...
#Grigoropoulos is a memory the state wants suppressed, for it resurrects and brings a glaring truth of how oppressive economic austerity & corruption work to erase the hope of a future for youth in #Greece
#antireport
#antireport
#antireport
Incidents currently taking place in the center of #Athens during the march in memory of Alexandros #Grigoropoulos.
The police are preventing the demonstrators from reaching the site of his murder by police officer Korkoneas, on Tzavela Street in #Exarchia...
Incidents currently taking place in the center of #Athens during the march in memory of Alexandros #Grigoropoulos.
The police are preventing the demonstrators from reaching the site of his murder by police officer Korkoneas, on Tzavela Street in #Exarchia...
December 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#Grigoropoulos is a memory the state wants suppressed, for it resurrects and brings a glaring truth of how oppressive economic austerity & corruption work to erase the hope of a future for youth in #Greece
#antireport
#antireport
Another tragedy took place in sea area off Crete, an inflatable boat carrying #Refugees sunk, 18 people dead with only 2 survivors.
This area is patroled & under surveillance by 🇬🇷 & 🇪🇺 so why is rescue always to late?
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koino...
This area is patroled & under surveillance by 🇬🇷 & 🇪🇺 so why is rescue always to late?
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koino...
Ναυάγιο με 18 νεκρούς νότια της Κρήτης
Μόλις δύο από τους επιβαίνοντες της λέμβου κατάφεραν να διασωθούν.
www.efsyn.gr
December 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Another tragedy took place in sea area off Crete, an inflatable boat carrying #Refugees sunk, 18 people dead with only 2 survivors.
This area is patroled & under surveillance by 🇬🇷 & 🇪🇺 so why is rescue always to late?
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koino...
This area is patroled & under surveillance by 🇬🇷 & 🇪🇺 so why is rescue always to late?
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/koino...
European Union: UN experts alarmed by risk of humanitarian assistance being criminalized in the EU revised proposal of Facilitation Directive. The proposed legislation risks criminalising those who are assisting and protecting #Refugees, #asylumseekers #migrants
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
European Union: UN experts alarmed by risk of humanitarian assistance criminalisation
GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed alarm at EU discussions about proposed legislation on the smuggling of migrants and its compatibility with international human rights law – particularly the potent...
www.ohchr.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
European Union: UN experts alarmed by risk of humanitarian assistance being criminalized in the EU revised proposal of Facilitation Directive. The proposed legislation risks criminalising those who are assisting and protecting #Refugees, #asylumseekers #migrants
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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The assumption that we live in a time of multiple migration crises has had a significant impact on how international migration is understood and addressed. That's why having clear definitions is so important.
Read the new blog post ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the new blog post ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The assumption that we live in a time of multiple migration crises has had a significant impact on how international migration is understood and addressed. That's why having clear definitions is so important.
Read the new blog post ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Read the new blog post ⤵️
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
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We have a new mapping study out w/C. Warin geared for practice & commissioned by @coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees on identifying & responding to vulnerability in an asylum and migration context. Free access! www.coe.int/en/web/migra... @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 AM
We have a new mapping study out w/C. Warin geared for practice & commissioned by @coe.int Division on Migration and Refugees on identifying & responding to vulnerability in an asylum and migration context. Free access! www.coe.int/en/web/migra... @nsitaropoulos.bsky.social @stevepeers.bsky.social
Instead of Black Friday, unions call for Make Amazon Pay Day
Instead of Black Friday, unions call for Make Amazon Pay Day
Amazon workers in over 30 countries are striking this 'Black Friday' weekend, demanding fair wages, union rights, and environmental accountability. The "Make Amazon Pay" campaign marks its sixth year of turning the retail giant's busiest sales period into a global day of protest.
euobserver.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 AM
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I have now received a reply to this communication. I thank the gov for their engagement, but am concerned that, in their response, they continue to conflate the work of human rights organisations with people smuggling. The State has a responsibility to reverse this false narrative, not perpetuate it
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I have now received a reply to this communication. I thank the gov for their engagement, but am concerned that, in their response, they continue to conflate the work of human rights organisations with people smuggling. The State has a responsibility to reverse this false narrative, not perpetuate it
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France agrees to intercept migrants' small boats in the Channel
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
France to start intercepting small boats in the Channel after pressure from UK
The change in policy comes after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer wrote to President Emmanuel Macron.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
France agrees to intercept migrants' small boats in the Channel
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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One can really sense the excitement that the Frontex press team must have felt when realising that they could now use a refugee story to promote its work of pushing back refugees.
Meet Laurindo, who had to flee civil war in Angola and move to Portugal with his siblings when he was 12 years old. He overcame the many challenges life threw at him, and became a Frontex officer 🇪🇺
November 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
One can really sense the excitement that the Frontex press team must have felt when realising that they could now use a refugee story to promote its work of pushing back refugees.
The death of children at EU #borders, is so routine & normalized that it simply needs to be recorded in a SIR report, so that there is a record. Collecting data as a signal that it is enforcing EU #fundamentalrights, while there is never any accountability & border violence & deaths 📈
#migration
#migration
In a damning internal report, @frontex.bsky.social concludes that its partners-in-crime - the Bulgaria border police - are responsible for abandoning three children, who were left to freeze to death last winter.
www.dw.com/bg/lzite-na-...
www.dw.com/bg/lzite-na-...
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The death of children at EU #borders, is so routine & normalized that it simply needs to be recorded in a SIR report, so that there is a record. Collecting data as a signal that it is enforcing EU #fundamentalrights, while there is never any accountability & border violence & deaths 📈
#migration
#migration