IOM: Repackaging Imperialism
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) claims to respect the rights of migrants. But our research shows links between the IOM and serious human rights violations perpetrated against migrants in the Balkans, where its presence is overwhelmingly funded by the EU. Through its partnership with the IOM, the EU has used the region to test and perfect its migration policies, particularly with regard to restricting and containing migration. This has involved funding the IOM to develop a transnational security apparatus, which includes the remilitarisation of borders in a region still recovering from war, setting up sophisticated surveillance structures and technologies, migrant detention centres, and bolstering local police forces, some of which engage in illegal and violent deportations.
| Full title | Repackaging Imperialism: The EU – IOM border regime in the Balkans |
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| Author | Nidžara Ahmetašević, Manja Petrovska, Sophie-Anne Bisiaux, Lorenz Naegeli |
| Publisher | tni |
| Year | 2023 |
| Media type | Report / PDF |
| Link | https://www.tni.org/en/publication/repackaging-imperialism |
| Topics | Border and Surveillance Technology & Industry, International governmental organisations, IGOs (UNHCR, IOM), Detention, Deportation & Pushbacks |
| Regions | Europe |