PUSHBACKS, DODGY DOCUMENTS, AND ARBITRARY DETENTION: EVIDENCE OF FRANCE’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

Some quick context: UN Bodies monitor compliance with international law by ‘reviewing’ countries’ actions against the treaties they have signed. This autumn, France is under review for their compliance with…

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VIOLENCE AND NEGLECT IN SERBIAN REFUGEE CAMPS: A THREE MONTH ENQUIRY SHEDS LIGHT ON EU AND UNHCR COMPLICITY IN HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS IN SERBIA.

No Name Kitchen releases its latest report: “Watch The Camp: Counter Mapping Architectures of Violence in Serbia”.

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THE LIBE COMMITTEE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT VOTES ON THE REFORMS TO THE SCHENGEN BORDER CODE: ‘REINTRODUCTION OF INTERNAL BORDER CONTROLS’

Surveillance, random ID checks, showing documents to access services, and all that nasty shit that corrodes rights and privacy. Introducing these controls within the EU is legal only on a temporary basis and in so-called ‘exceptional’ situations, and states have to notify the European Commission of their reasons.

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