Borders

On borders, migration, refugees and asylum seekers, state violence and acts of aggression by the extreme right against migrants. Write your story or report and we will translate it and publish it

Soon after the March 18 EU-Turkey deal, the first boats began returning migrants from Greece to Turkey. The previous migration and border regime run by the EU and parts of the international community had officially ceased to operate. An emerging new border regime now produces new categories of deservedness and differentiated inclusion and exclusion. Who [...]

There is a cringe-worthy parallel between the securitisation of the spaces of living for those of us lucky enough to be inside the EU territory and the spaces reserved for those arriving here: they are both inefficient and inadequate. [...]

The EU-Turkey “deal of shame” by Stratis Bournazos [...]

In the days approaching the meeting of the European Council and closing the EU deal with Turkey regarding the biggest humanitarian crisis since WWII, numerous articles analysing and criticising the deal have already filled our media and social networks. When the deal was struck, additional critique followed, but it appears that so far it is [...]

So, what is this new European Border and Coast Guard? Much more than what its name suggests. In theory, as it has been described, it is yet another step in the long-term process of militarisation of both the EU's borders and its interior. In reality, the Commission seeks to establish close surveillance and the possibility [...]

The European coalition of the inhumane – contriving to trap refugees in Greece – cannot go on. A humanitarian evacuation plan is urgently needed [...]

Croatia is no stranger to refugees. After all, we were exactly those freezing and worried people 25 years ago, when we were crossing borders with no papers, papers that were destroyed together with our houses, in search of a safe place. Croatia is also no stranger to accepting refugees. After all, it hosted over half [...]

By getting the UNHCR and Frontex to more directly intervene in the first moments of arrival with identification and fingerprinting, the EU is attempting to retake control of movement throughout Europe. [...]

Does the Commission know how many people have entered this year in the EU? The correct answer is: Maybe they know, maybe they don't - but that does not really matter. [...]

VIDEOS & PHOTOS from the visit of Dimitris Avramopoulos (EC Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs & Citizenship), Yannis Mouzalas (Greek Minister for Migration) and Frabrice Leggeri (Frontex Executive Director) at the Moria camp but somehow they failed to see what is going on there. [...]