Anas Ambri
@anasambri.bsky.social
Investigative journalist
Former Infosec. Will #FOI for food. Signal/WhatsApp: +49 1575 1182046
https://anasambri.com
Former Infosec. Will #FOI for food. Signal/WhatsApp: +49 1575 1182046
https://anasambri.com
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I'm a regular complainer, apparently
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I'm a regular complainer, apparently
Great piece by @janinel83.bsky.social and @linakape:
"Last year, Greece was the subject of 27 judgements at the [ECHR], of which 25 went against it. [...] The European court [...] has ordered Greece to pay out nearly 23 million euros since 2014."
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/11/s...
"Last year, Greece was the subject of 27 judgements at the [ECHR], of which 25 went against it. [...] The European court [...] has ordered Greece to pay out nearly 23 million euros since 2014."
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/11/s...
State of Denial: How Greece Deploys Lawfare Against the Victims of its Failures
From deadly train crashes to police assaults and wildfires, the Greek state bears its share of blame for destroyed lives and livelihoods – but good luck with getting it to own up and pay out.
balkaninsight.com
October 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Great piece by @janinel83.bsky.social and @linakape:
"Last year, Greece was the subject of 27 judgements at the [ECHR], of which 25 went against it. [...] The European court [...] has ordered Greece to pay out nearly 23 million euros since 2014."
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/11/s...
"Last year, Greece was the subject of 27 judgements at the [ECHR], of which 25 went against it. [...] The European court [...] has ordered Greece to pay out nearly 23 million euros since 2014."
balkaninsight.com/2025/10/11/s...
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"Regresa, o a la cárcel": Dentro de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones y el fallido programa de retorno de migrantes de Grecia.
@phesimeonid.bsky.social and Hope Barker para @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
@phesimeonid.bsky.social and Hope Barker para @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme
The UN agency started offering larger cash grants as an alternative to prison. When that didn’t work, it revised down the targets of the scheme.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
October 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
"Regresa, o a la cárcel": Dentro de la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones y el fallido programa de retorno de migrantes de Grecia.
@phesimeonid.bsky.social and Hope Barker para @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
@phesimeonid.bsky.social and Hope Barker para @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
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"Greece’s new deportation bill, the number of people in detention is set to rise again. This will be a boon to IOM’s returns programme, [AVRR] which will be able to offer its services to this trapped population..."Return or Prison" =new #migration policy
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme
The UN agency started offering larger cash grants as an alternative to prison. When that didn’t work, it revised down the targets of the scheme.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
October 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
"Greece’s new deportation bill, the number of people in detention is set to rise again. This will be a boon to IOM’s returns programme, [AVRR] which will be able to offer its services to this trapped population..."Return or Prison" =new #migration policy
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
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Greece’s new Minister of Migration, Thanos Plevris, has given a blunt ultimatum to those he calls “illegal migrants” in the country: “return, or prison”.
“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme
The UN agency started offering larger cash grants as an alternative to prison. When that didn’t work, it revised down the targets of the scheme.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Greece’s new Minister of Migration, Thanos Plevris, has given a blunt ultimatum to those he calls “illegal migrants” in the country: “return, or prison”.
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“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio... IOM’s office in Greece pledged to return 16,500 people between 2019 and 2022. It only managed to return around 10,600 people, even after the programme was extended by 10 months.
“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme
The UN agency started offering larger cash grants as an alternative to prison. When that didn’t work, it revised down the targets of the scheme.
www.thenewhumanitarian.org
October 11, 2025 at 11:53 AM
“Return, or prison”: Inside IOM and Greece’s failing migrant return scheme: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio... IOM’s office in Greece pledged to return 16,500 people between 2019 and 2022. It only managed to return around 10,600 people, even after the programme was extended by 10 months.
If you really don't like videos, and would much rather read (and support) print journalism, check out the story we just published on this @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
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October 7, 2025 at 10:27 AM
If you really don't like videos, and would much rather read (and support) print journalism, check out the story we just published on this @newhumanitarian.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
cc @phesimeonid.bsky.social @hopeamelie.bsky.social
www.thenewhumanitarian.org/investigatio...
cc @phesimeonid.bsky.social @hopeamelie.bsky.social
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Greece's Migration Minister has threatened whom he calls "illegal migrants" with "return, or prison".
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to benefit?
@hopeamelie.bsky.social, @anasambri.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social investigate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvR...
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to benefit?
@hopeamelie.bsky.social, @anasambri.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social investigate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvR...
Investigation: Voluntary Returns Everywhere | Greece
YouTube video by omniatv
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Greece's Migration Minister has threatened whom he calls "illegal migrants" with "return, or prison".
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to benefit?
@hopeamelie.bsky.social, @anasambri.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social investigate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvR...
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to benefit?
@hopeamelie.bsky.social, @anasambri.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social investigate.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvR...
It's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvR...
Greece's new Migration Minister has threatened whom he calls "illegal migrants" with "return, or prison".
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to $$$ benefit?
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social for @omniatv.com
Greece's new Migration Minister has threatened whom he calls "illegal migrants" with "return, or prison".
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to $$$ benefit?
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social for @omniatv.com
Investigation: Voluntary Returns Everywhere | Greece
YouTube video by omniatv
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwvR...
Greece's new Migration Minister has threatened whom he calls "illegal migrants" with "return, or prison".
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to $$$ benefit?
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social for @omniatv.com
Greece's new Migration Minister has threatened whom he calls "illegal migrants" with "return, or prison".
So who are these migrants? And how does @iom.int stand to $$$ benefit?
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social and @phesimeonid.bsky.social for @omniatv.com
Welcome to @quiztime.bsky.social and it’s #MondayQuiz
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#VoluntaryReturnsEverywhere
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September 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Welcome to @quiztime.bsky.social and it’s #MondayQuiz
🖼️ Can you find the exact spot?
📬 reply just to me with an answer
🤝 reply to all for collaboration
🌈 have fun
#VoluntaryReturnsEverywhere
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September 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
6 months after the publication of our investigation, Cyprus continues to deport Syrians under its so-called voluntary returns programme.
Figures from @ec.europa.eu's statistical office show almost 2,300 deportations since January.
Each returnee receives €1,500 right before they depart.
Figures from @ec.europa.eu's statistical office show almost 2,300 deportations since January.
Each returnee receives €1,500 right before they depart.
September 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
6 months after the publication of our investigation, Cyprus continues to deport Syrians under its so-called voluntary returns programme.
Figures from @ec.europa.eu's statistical office show almost 2,300 deportations since January.
Each returnee receives €1,500 right before they depart.
Figures from @ec.europa.eu's statistical office show almost 2,300 deportations since January.
Each returnee receives €1,500 right before they depart.
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🚨Wir zeigen Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt an!
Er weiß, dass Zurückweisungen an der Grenze rechtswidrig sind – und macht trotzdem weiter. Wir lassen das nicht durchgehen und stellen gemeinsam mit Equal Rights Beyond Borders Strafanzeige: fragdenstaat.de/artikel/stra...
Er weiß, dass Zurückweisungen an der Grenze rechtswidrig sind – und macht trotzdem weiter. Wir lassen das nicht durchgehen und stellen gemeinsam mit Equal Rights Beyond Borders Strafanzeige: fragdenstaat.de/artikel/stra...
Rechtsstaatlichkeit verteidigen: Wir zeigen Dobrindt an
Der Bundesinnenminister hält an den rechtswidrigen Zurückweisungen an der Grenze fest. Deswegen muss sich jetzt die Staatsanwaltschaft mit ihm beschäftigen.
fragdenstaat.de
June 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨Wir zeigen Innenminister Alexander Dobrindt an!
Er weiß, dass Zurückweisungen an der Grenze rechtswidrig sind – und macht trotzdem weiter. Wir lassen das nicht durchgehen und stellen gemeinsam mit Equal Rights Beyond Borders Strafanzeige: fragdenstaat.de/artikel/stra...
Er weiß, dass Zurückweisungen an der Grenze rechtswidrig sind – und macht trotzdem weiter. Wir lassen das nicht durchgehen und stellen gemeinsam mit Equal Rights Beyond Borders Strafanzeige: fragdenstaat.de/artikel/stra...
Human rights lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou writes about how "voluntary returns" of Syrians from Cyprus are neither voluntary nor dignified for @bordercrim.bsky.social:
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Also mentions the investigation by @hopeamelie.bsky.social and I into that very same scheme
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Also mentions the investigation by @hopeamelie.bsky.social and I into that very same scheme
€1,500 and a one-way ticket to Damascus
This is how Cyprus is deporting Syrians from the country, under the guise of voluntary returns, with the EU's financial support, and help from Frontex' specialists
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social, for @thenewarab.bsky.social:
www.newarab.com/investigatio...
🧵
This is how Cyprus is deporting Syrians from the country, under the guise of voluntary returns, with the EU's financial support, and help from Frontex' specialists
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social, for @thenewarab.bsky.social:
www.newarab.com/investigatio...
🧵
EU deports Syrians under the guise of voluntary returns
Cyprus has been unlawfully detaining Syrians for years. With the EU’s support, it started deporting them too.
www.newarab.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Human rights lawyer Nicoletta Charalambidou writes about how "voluntary returns" of Syrians from Cyprus are neither voluntary nor dignified for @bordercrim.bsky.social:
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Also mentions the investigation by @hopeamelie.bsky.social and I into that very same scheme
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...
Also mentions the investigation by @hopeamelie.bsky.social and I into that very same scheme
Glad to see our investigation featured in @theecre.bsky.social's Asylum in Cyprus report for 2024.
Our investigation would not have been possible without relying extensively on these same reports.
cc @hopeamelie.bsky.social
asylumineurope.org/wp-content/u...
Our investigation would not have been possible without relying extensively on these same reports.
cc @hopeamelie.bsky.social
asylumineurope.org/wp-content/u...
April 16, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Glad to see our investigation featured in @theecre.bsky.social's Asylum in Cyprus report for 2024.
Our investigation would not have been possible without relying extensively on these same reports.
cc @hopeamelie.bsky.social
asylumineurope.org/wp-content/u...
Our investigation would not have been possible without relying extensively on these same reports.
cc @hopeamelie.bsky.social
asylumineurope.org/wp-content/u...
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Hans Leijtens took the Frontex reins with a vow to renew the agency’s commitment to rights and transparency. With Europe’s leaders taking a hard line on migration and his initial strategy being adapted, is he fighting a losing battle? Our latest BIRN investigation
balkaninsight.com/2025/04/08/p...
balkaninsight.com/2025/04/08/p...
Poisoned Chalice: Is Frontex Director’s Clean-Up Operation Doomed to Failure?
Dutch former gendarmerie commander Hans Leijtens took the reins of Frontex with a vow to renew the EU border agency’s commitment to the rights of migrants. With Europe’s leaders taking a hard line on ...
balkaninsight.com
April 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Hans Leijtens took the Frontex reins with a vow to renew the agency’s commitment to rights and transparency. With Europe’s leaders taking a hard line on migration and his initial strategy being adapted, is he fighting a losing battle? Our latest BIRN investigation
balkaninsight.com/2025/04/08/p...
balkaninsight.com/2025/04/08/p...
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Wir haben ein neues Testimonial.
April 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wir haben ein neues Testimonial.
"If you don't have money, tell me, and I will arrange," is how a police officer tried to convince 2 detained Congolese asylum seekers to leave Cyprus:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=brCd...
The asylum seekers spent 3 months in detention at Larnaca airport, where they had arrived on a tourist visa.
The asylum seekers spent 3 months in detention at Larnaca airport, where they had arrived on a tourist visa.
Ηχητικό ντοκουμέντο: Αστυνομικός τάζει χρήματα σε αιτητές ασύλου για να φύγουν από την Κύπρο
YouTube video by AlphaNews Live
www.youtube.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"If you don't have money, tell me, and I will arrange," is how a police officer tried to convince 2 detained Congolese asylum seekers to leave Cyprus:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=brCd...
The asylum seekers spent 3 months in detention at Larnaca airport, where they had arrived on a tourist visa.
The asylum seekers spent 3 months in detention at Larnaca airport, where they had arrived on a tourist visa.
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Right now/so far most of what I've done is research/investigations (on Frontex's and the European border regime's abuses/violence), I guess that's one way to contribute.
I'm sure there are more things in my city that I haven't noticed, but at the same time in 26 years of living here I've really ...
I'm sure there are more things in my city that I haven't noticed, but at the same time in 26 years of living here I've really ...
March 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Right now/so far most of what I've done is research/investigations (on Frontex's and the European border regime's abuses/violence), I guess that's one way to contribute.
I'm sure there are more things in my city that I haven't noticed, but at the same time in 26 years of living here I've really ...
I'm sure there are more things in my city that I haven't noticed, but at the same time in 26 years of living here I've really ...
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Doing another live tonight from 6-8pm. Come join if you want to hear me talk about Lebanon, my therapist leaving me, and the almost imminent collapse of the global economy. Also cat.
youtube.com/live/wtnTcjx...
youtube.com/live/wtnTcjx...
March 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Doing another live tonight from 6-8pm. Come join if you want to hear me talk about Lebanon, my therapist leaving me, and the almost imminent collapse of the global economy. Also cat.
youtube.com/live/wtnTcjx...
youtube.com/live/wtnTcjx...
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➡️Neuer Aufsatz im Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies + Blogpost⬅️
Rückkehrhilfen dienen in Asylverfahren als Argument gegen das Risiko lebensbedrohlicher Armut im Herkunftsland – und damit als Argument gegen Schutz. Richter:innen setzen so indirekt politische Maßnahmen um.
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Rückkehrhilfen dienen in Asylverfahren als Argument gegen das Risiko lebensbedrohlicher Armut im Herkunftsland – und damit als Argument gegen Schutz. Richter:innen setzen so indirekt politische Maßnahmen um.
shorturl.at/0nQXU
Neuer Beitrag im Fluchtforschungsblog! “Geld statt Schutz: Wie Rückkehrhilfen Asylentscheidungen beeinflussen” von Valentin Feneberg @valentinfeneberg.bsky.social.
fluchtforschung.net/geld-statt-s...
fluchtforschung.net/geld-statt-s...
February 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
➡️Neuer Aufsatz im Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies + Blogpost⬅️
Rückkehrhilfen dienen in Asylverfahren als Argument gegen das Risiko lebensbedrohlicher Armut im Herkunftsland – und damit als Argument gegen Schutz. Richter:innen setzen so indirekt politische Maßnahmen um.
shorturl.at/0nQXU
Rückkehrhilfen dienen in Asylverfahren als Argument gegen das Risiko lebensbedrohlicher Armut im Herkunftsland – und damit als Argument gegen Schutz. Richter:innen setzen so indirekt politische Maßnahmen um.
shorturl.at/0nQXU
Update: a response from the @ec.europa.eu for this story.
In Oct 2024, it allocated an additional €8 million for Cyprus to coerce more "voluntary" returns.
This is almost 2 years after the first reports of coercion appeared on @infomigrants.net, a news website the EC also funds.
In Oct 2024, it allocated an additional €8 million for Cyprus to coerce more "voluntary" returns.
This is almost 2 years after the first reports of coercion appeared on @infomigrants.net, a news website the EC also funds.
€1,500 and a one-way ticket to Damascus
This is how Cyprus is deporting Syrians from the country, under the guise of voluntary returns, with the EU's financial support, and help from Frontex' specialists
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social, for @thenewarab.bsky.social:
www.newarab.com/investigatio...
🧵
This is how Cyprus is deporting Syrians from the country, under the guise of voluntary returns, with the EU's financial support, and help from Frontex' specialists
With @hopeamelie.bsky.social, for @thenewarab.bsky.social:
www.newarab.com/investigatio...
🧵
EU deports Syrians under the guise of voluntary returns
Cyprus has been unlawfully detaining Syrians for years. With the EU’s support, it started deporting them too.
www.newarab.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Update: a response from the @ec.europa.eu for this story.
In Oct 2024, it allocated an additional €8 million for Cyprus to coerce more "voluntary" returns.
This is almost 2 years after the first reports of coercion appeared on @infomigrants.net, a news website the EC also funds.
In Oct 2024, it allocated an additional €8 million for Cyprus to coerce more "voluntary" returns.
This is almost 2 years after the first reports of coercion appeared on @infomigrants.net, a news website the EC also funds.
Something something schadenfreude
February 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Something something schadenfreude