Posts tagged with 'border-violence'
31 organisations call on the EU to urgently end abusive migration cooperation with Libyan authorities
July 17th, 2026
31 civil society organisations call on EU institutions and member states to urgently end their shameful cooperation with Libyan authorities on migration control. Plans to strengthen cooperation with rival authorities …
Notes on Tunisia's "Voluntary Return" Programme
June 29th, 2026
We have integrated official state admission registries with our own continuous tracking of encrypted, migrant-led WhatsApp mutual-aid networks since June 2025. This quantitative reality is backed by a raw, 2 …
Buffer Zone: The War on Migration in Libya
June 13th, 2026
Surge of violence against migrants and refugees in Libya shows: Europe’s externalization strategy—outsourcing border control to unstable, authoritarian contexts—does not stop migration but deepens human suffering and reinforces cycles of …
Pushbacks to Libya from Maltese SAR at all-time high
May 21st, 2026
The Maltese Search and Rescue Zone in the central Mediterranean Sea has seen more pushbacks to Libya in the last year than ever before. Agreements struck between the EU and …
Pushbacks in Cyprus: Stuck in Limbo
October 13th, 2024
Since 1974, the island of Cyprus has been de facto divided into two areas, separated by a UN-controlled demilitarized “Buffer Zone”. In recent years we have seen the “Buffer Zone” …
Kıbrıs'ta Geri İtmeler: Belirsizlik İçinde Sıkışmak
October 13th, 2024
1974'ten sonra Kıbrıs adası, BM kontrolündeki askerden arındırılmış bir ara bölge yani “Yeşil Hat” (Buffer Zone) ile fiilen iki bölgeye ayrılmıştır. Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti tanınmış bir devlet olmadığı ve …
Pushbacks στην Κύπρο: Κολλημένοι σε εκκρεμότητα
October 13th, 2024
Από το 1974, το νησί της Κύπρου είναι de facto μοιρασμένο σε δύο μέρη, οι οποίες χωρίζονται από μια αποστρατιωτικοποιημένη «Νεκρή Ζώνη» (Πράσινη Γραμμή) που ελέγχεται από τον ΟΗΕ. Τα …
“Our friends were detained on suspicion of being LGBTIQ+, now they are dealing with deportation.” – The double violence of xenophobia and queerphobia in Turkey
August 4th, 2023
This report from Turkey focuses mainly on the intersections between the struggles faced by the LGBTIQ+ community and the conditions of detention and deportation in the country. Turkey has been …