A story that stretches from Afghanistan to Russia via the Baltic States to Germany.
“You forced me to claim asylum”: Baltic pushbacks, a personal story
Tag: pushbacks
Illegal pushbacks cause more Aegean deaths
Many will try to make another journey, risking their lives again to reach safety.
Frontex: Public relations not people
Since 2016, Frontex has become the fastest growing EU agency, with a budget of close to €1 billion, and 11,000 employees.
Lithuania to vote on allowing collective expulsions of asylum seekers
The proposed amendments will silently prevent people from applying for asylum in Lithuania, whilst the nation very publicly accepts refugees from Ukraine.
Locals force Greek authorities to save migrants
A group of 22 people have arrived on the island of Lesvos by boat.
Death toll continues to rise in the Med
Report from Are You Syrious?: At least 64 people died, many still missing off Calabria, Italy At least 64 people are now known to have died in the shipwreck off Calabria which took place on February 25th.
Border management continues to kill people
Report from Are You Syrious?: Borders are dangerous.
Italy diverts civil fleet ships from Search and Rescue zones
Italian authorities; Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination Centres (MRCC) have began to divert civil fleet ships from Search and Rescue (SAR) zones, mandating lengthy journeys to an assigned port of disembarkation that force people to travel for hours more at sea, with the risk of worsening weather.
The Black Book of Pushbacks
Freedom re-publishes a special report from in Are You Syrious?
Recent Articles
Nantes: 4,000 on the streets for Bloquons Tout
French police directed the demonstration with flash grenades and tear gas ~ from Contre Attaque ~ Saturday, 13 September, a rainy day in Nantes.
Facing down the flagshaggers
To resist normalisation, we need enduring groundwork with attacked communities—and spaces for open strategising ~ Blade Runner ~ On Saturday 13 September, between 110,000 and 150,000 turned out in response to Tommy Robinson’s call, a mobilisation framed as a defence of “free speech” but saturated with white nationalist, Islamophobic and anti-migrant rhetoric.
London arms fair disruption: A stark contrast to mass arrests for Palestine
Well-coordinated direct action catches the police off guard, showing the power of secure and strategic organising ~ Kevin Blowe ~ On 9 September, at around 7.30 in the morning, an advance bloc of about 150 protesters, their faces covered, suddenly appeared by London City Hall in east London, near to where Britain’s largest arms fair,
Anarchist prisoner released from Belarus
The regime deported 52 political prisoners in exchange for sanctions relief ~ Nikita Ivansky ~ Anarchist Nikolai (Mikola) Dziadok was among 52 political prisoners released and deported from Belarus to Lithuania on 11 September, following negotiations between dictator Alexander Lukashenko and US envoy John Colae.
