3/ With more states being connected to watchlisting systems, new information-sharing networks being put in place, and more governments with an authoritarian bent coming to power, transnational repression seems likely to continue.

Unless we work together to oppose it.

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2/ It is typically less-than-liberal and authoritarian regimes behind this behaviour—but they are far from being the only culprits.

For example, no one would be surprised to hear that EU states have used regional watchlisting systems to bar pro-Palestine activists from entering their territory.

3/ Real protection means listening to people on the move, creating spaces for dignity and self-determination, and resisting the machinery that turns migration into a security threat.

Until then, people will continue to face extreme harm.

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2/ Info Park makes it clear: border externalisation, like the “migration management” complex it is a part of, is not a neutral administrative tool.

It is a political project of exclusion.

It cannot be fixed with better monitoring or more audits.

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Research: Chris Jones, Romain Lanneau, Yasha Maccanico, Jamie Hancock, Julia Link, Theresa Wagner
Editing: Gavin Sullivan
Support: Funders Initiative for Civil Society
Graphics: Ida Flik
Design: @wearecomotion.bsky.social + TINGE

4/ What needs to change:

• We need new models of safety and security.
• We need alternatives to pervasive surveillance and control.
• We need to challenge the policies that enable these systems, halt their spread, and ensure accountability.

That means we need to be campaigning from every angle.

3/ These powers, systems, & technologies are increasingly global and interconnected. It’s led to vast surveillance networks of international travel, border enforcement, & state ‘watchlists’.

These networks are about power and control—and reinforcing racism and discrimination on a global scale.

2/ Background:

From the beginning of the “war on terror”, governments introduced many policing and surveillance powers. Since then, these have been increasingly exploited to restrict dissent, movement, and critique.

5. New agreements:
The EU signs a new partnership with Uzbekistan including provisions on deportation and border control.

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4. Turkey and Libya cooperation:
The Danish Presidency praises the €12.5 billion EU–Turkey deal as a “success” and seeks to restart deportations. Meanwhile, the Council claims to apply “human rights-based approaches” even as reports emerge of attacks by the Libyan Coast Guard on rescue vessels.