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Increasing violence at EU’s external borders with pushbacks, racist treatment and violation of international laws and court rulings — Greece Greek police forces are accused of having shot with rubber bullets at two Afghans trying to cross the border from Turkey. Daily Sabah reports, they are not treated at a hospital. Reporter Giorgos Christides writes, that 94 people were stranded on some islet on Evros river between Turkey and Greece…

More emergency cases reported in the Evros region as Greece repeats they will close the door / Turkey scares people who might be forced back to Syria / News on search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean / Shocking footage from the Polish-Belarusian border / and other important news — FEATURE State refugee councils and PRO ASYL demand equal treatment for all refugees from Ukraine On the occasion of the Conference of Ministers of the Interior in Würzburg from 1–3 June 2022, PRO ASYL and the State Refugee Councils as well as many other organisations and initiatives demand a nationwide regulation…

Poland: Holes along the border / Estonia: Parliament must ensure that the bill amending the State Borders Act complies with human rights obligations / Despite Brexit, British police can influence surveillance laws in the EU / Reports, warnings and some important data you should know about — FEATURE To bring about greater visibility to our Slovenian fellow activists’ indignation and our recent common letter regarding the candidacy of Tatjana Bobnar for the post of Minister of Interior Affairs, we are publishing the entire letter InfoKolpa wrote, co-signed by AYS with a number of other organisations:

No legal routes for asylum seekers in the UK — Rwanda expects first transfer of May/Illegal detentions and deportations in Grand Canaria/People still continue to attempt sea crossings/ and some material worth reading and listening to — FEATURE Among all European countries, Greece ranked last in the World Press Index issued by Journalists without Borders. Press freedom has faced a setback with journalists covering controversial issues for the country — the frequent pushbacks and refugee issues but also Covid-19 — facing challenges and self-censorship due to lack of…

Personal data in the hands of the Taliban / Abolishing the Italy-Libya Memorandum by the 2nd November 2022 is the goal of civil society / Ahead of two unfair trials / Detention and repatriation in Turkey — “We know that he was held in very bad conditions for ten days” / The shameful actions of the Polish authorities in the Polish-Belarusian borderland continue / and some really important texts you should take time to read — share and act!

After the Closed Controlled Access Centre (CCAC) in Samos officially opened in September 2021, it was stated that material conditions would at least improve in the facility financed by 43 million euros of EU money. However, within weeks of the opening, it was already clear that many things were lacking…

Crisis forgotten in Poland // Palestinian Protests Banned in Germany // 20 rescued off the coast of Rhodes // 450 assisted to Sicily — FEATURE Switzerland vote to increased Frontex funding Following a referendum in Switzerland, 72% of voters supported an increase in funding to the EU’s border agency. As a non-EU member state, but still a part of the Schengen area, the Swiss vote was highly pressured as a public display of collaboration with the EU.

Germany: 1in 3 negative asylum decisions handed down by BAMF end up being revised after initial court appeals / Hunger strike in Lesznowola / embarrassing data breach in the Greek migration report / calls for volunteers in France / how to support anti Rwanda deal efforts in the UK / + our team prepared some very interesting and highly useful articles, analysis, reports and personal stories — don’t miss it