New report 'No Safe Passage' by Fundacja Ocalenie, Gribu palīdzēt bēgļiem + Human Constanta documents 116 deaths at EU-Belarus border since August 2021. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have all openly carried out #pushbacks while fortifying their borders with Belarus.

M.E., a Syrian trans woman who was recently deported from #Turkey to #Syria, has been killed. She had been targeted online, had her private health info illegally shared publicly, and was hastily deported without a due appeal process. Turkey is not a "safe 3rd country."

1/ Have you seen the draft revision of the #EU Facilitation Directive? This new draft will soon be used as a basis for further discussions in the new EU Council–and could have devastating consequences for people on the move and those acting in #solidarity with them.

The latest Statewatch Migration-Control.info bulletin on EU border #externalisation incl a #DeepDive on the revised EU budget which foresees more money for externalisation, alongside Council discussions on enhancing "operational" support to non-EU countries. ▶️ migration-control.info/en/blog/a-bott…

The second piece of our Border CTRL blog series addresses the predominance of carceral violence in border regimes & how wealthy states outsource this violence to the Global South. Read our key takeways from the 2023 Global South Women's Forum here: iwraw-ap.org/border-ctrl-ca…