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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · 24d

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · 24d

🚨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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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · 28d

At #SOTEU2025 we heard borders, defence & profit. On human rights & anti-racism? Silence. 🤐

These priorities fuel more violence & marginalisation of racialised communities. The new #EUAntiRacismStrategy 2026-2030 must deliver impact with accountability and cooperation with grassroots movements.✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼✊🏾

European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨 We’re hiring!

ENAR is looking for an Events and Administration Associate to join our Brussels team.

📅 Apply by 14 September 2025
👉 [email protected]

More details here www.enar-eu.org/call-for-app...

European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · Jul 17

📣 The need for public condemnation of racist attacks and a clear political stance from EU leaders.

We will continue standing with racialised communities and demanding lasting change across the EU.

✊🏾 We’re not just reacting — we’re shaping the future of anti-racist policy.

European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · Jul 17

But we also voiced serious concerns:

⚠️ Our movement is under attack – racial justice defenders face criminalisation, shrinking civic space, and surveillance.
🚨 Increasing racialised violence at EU borders and discriminatory migration policies, which must be named and dismantled.

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · Jul 17

🔹 Calls for more transparency and civil society inclusion in the Equality Task Force and stronger powers for the Anti-Racism Unit.
🔹 The urgency of defending the Horizontal Directive and setting a clear path for a legislative framework on intersectional discrimination.

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · Jul 17

🔹 The importance of embedding anti-racism in crisis preparedness, especially in sectors like food security and climate.
🔹 Rising concerns around racialised policing, repression of solidarity (e.g. for Palestine), and the criminalisation of migrants.

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · Jul 17

In our exchange, we highlighted:

🔹 The need to tackle structural racism across all policy areas — not just individual acts of discrimination.
🔹 How intersectionality must be central: racism is interconnected with gender, migration status, class, and more.

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · Jul 17

🟣 On Monday ENAR's co-coordinator Julie Pascoet, Vice-chair Dr Toyin Agbetu and Policy and Advocacy Advisor Dr Emmanuel Achiri met with Commissioner Hadja Lahbib to push forward a stronger, intersectional EU Anti-Racism Strategy.

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 22

May 1st came and went — but for racialised & migrant women holding up Europe’s care systems, what really changed?

Care work remains invisibilised & exploited. It’s time to treat care as political — and fight for an anti-racist, feminist politics of care.

Blog post👇
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Care work is essential work: an intersectional struggle for justice and liberation - European Network Against Racism

Three weeks ago we celebrated another May 1st, International Workers’ Day, a day to center the working class and demand justice. Yet, some of the most essential labour remains invisible, undervalued, ...

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 15

We call on MEPs to vote against the planned expansion of surveillance powers for #Europol
Tuesday because it:
❌ fails to protect migrants or reduce border deaths.
❌ is a power grab by Europol.
❌ criminalises migrants & solidarity organisers.
#ProtectNotSurveil:
protectnotsurveil.eu

European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 14

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 14

European Parliament LIBE votes on the #Europol reform report next week Tuesday, 20 May.

MEPs 👏must 👏vote 👏against the expansion of Europol’s surveillance powers!

Read & share the detailed #ProtectNotSurveil position paper now:
➡️ protectnotsurveil.eu

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 13

Especially in times where the rule of law is under threat, freedom of assembly is restricted, and civic space is shrinking. 🚨⚖️

Check out their powerful responses below — and be part of the conversation! 💥✊

#AntiRacism #ENAR #CivicSpace #TogetherForJustice #EUARAP

European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 13

🛠️ Together, we explored:

🔹 The upcoming EU Anti-Racism Strategy

🔹 Monitoring & implementation of NAPARs

🔹 Fundraising challenges and opportunities for NGOs working on racial justice.

But we didn’t stop there... 💬 We asked our members:

"What does anti-racism mean to you?"

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 13

This vibrant gathering provided a much-needed space for reflection, dialogue, and peer-to-peer learning on key issues such as anti-racism, discrimination, and the evolving civic landscape across Europe. 🗣️📚

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 13

🌍 ENAR at the Regional Meeting in Berlin 🌍

Last week, we brought together our incredible members from 11 European countries for our annual Regional Meeting in Berlin! 🤝✨

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 12

This is a call to confront the structures that enable such violence — in France, across Europe, and beyond.
🛑 Condemnation is not enough. We must dismantle white supremacy, wherever it takes root.

🔗 Read the full piece here: lnkd.in/dEU4zC35

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 12

His assassination was not outside the state. It happened within the ideological architecture of state policy, media discourse, and institutional complicity.

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 12

But this was not just a personal tragedy. It was political.

In our latest Op-Ed in the EUobserver, ENAR's Policy and Advocacy Advisor Emmanuel Achiri, PhD lays bare the deep-rooted systems of racism, Islamophobia, and anti-Blackness that made Cissé’s murder not only possible — but predictable.

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 12

On 25 April, Aboubakar Cissé was executed inside a mosque in southern France.

The response? Silence. Denial. And when public pressure forced a minute of silence in Parliament, his death was still framed as an isolated act of hate — a lone extremist.
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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 7

"From silence to accountability": www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaL8...

Anti racism and Diversity Week 2025: From silence to accountability

YouTube video by European Network Against Racism - ENAR

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 7

Building a civil society anti-racism strategy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iji-...

Anti-racism and Diversity Week 2025: Building a civil society anti-racism strategy

YouTube video by European Network Against Racism - ENAR

www.youtube.com

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European Network Against Racism (ENAR) @enareurope.bsky.social · May 7

The throwback to Anti-racism and Diversity Week 2025 still continues!

The recording of the panel discussions on "Building a civil society anti-racism strategy" and "From silence to accountability" are not available on youtube.

Links can be found below!

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