Border Violence Monitoring Network
@borderviolence.bsky.social
Network of grassroots organizations documenting illegal pushbacks & police violence by EU member state authorities in the Western Balkans and Greece.
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BVMN Monthly Report - August 2025
This report brings together first-hand testimonies from a range of countries in the region to look at the way European Union states and other actors are affecting systemic violence towards people cros...
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🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia
❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police
🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia
❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police
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📖 The statement on 'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza is now also available in Greek: www.mobileinfoteam.org/psychologica...
With the English and Arabic versions available here: borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
@borderviolence.bsky.social
With the English and Arabic versions available here: borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
@borderviolence.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
📖 The statement on 'Psychological pressure' in Amygdaleza is now also available in Greek: www.mobileinfoteam.org/psychologica...
With the English and Arabic versions available here: borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
@borderviolence.bsky.social
With the English and Arabic versions available here: borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
@borderviolence.bsky.social
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🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia
❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police
🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia
❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police
BVMN Monthly Report - August 2025
This report brings together first-hand testimonies from a range of countries in the region to look at the way European Union states and other actors are affecting systemic violence towards people cros...
borderviolence.eu
November 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia
❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police
🟠 BVMN’s August report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Fire in Obrenovac Asylum Center, in Serbia
❌ Use of dogs by Bulgarian police
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New @borderviolence.bsky.social report on the conditions faced by #detained #asylum seekers affected by #suspension of asylum applications in #Amygdaleza #Greece
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
Arabic language version below. Greek version to follow soon.Trigger warning: this post contains images depicting unhygienic living conditions, including images of vermin and visible skin infections. Y...
borderviolence.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
New @borderviolence.bsky.social report on the conditions faced by #detained #asylum seekers affected by #suspension of asylum applications in #Amygdaleza #Greece
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
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Νέα έκθεση του @borderviolence.bsky.social για τις συνθήκες που αντιμετωπίζουν οι #κρατούμενοι #αιτούντες άσυλο που επλήγησαν από την αναστολή των αιτήσεων ασύλου στην #Αμυγδαλέζα #Ελλάδα: απάνθρωπες συνθήκες κράτησης και παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
‘Psychological pressure’ in Amygdaleza: undignified detention conditions and violation of asylum rights
Arabic language version below. Greek version to follow soon.Trigger warning: this post contains images depicting unhygienic living conditions, including images of vermin and visible skin infections. Y...
borderviolence.eu
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Νέα έκθεση του @borderviolence.bsky.social για τις συνθήκες που αντιμετωπίζουν οι #κρατούμενοι #αιτούντες άσυλο που επλήγησαν από την αναστολή των αιτήσεων ασύλου στην #Αμυγδαλέζα #Ελλάδα: απάνθρωπες συνθήκες κράτησης και παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
borderviolence.eu/reports/psyc...
Dernier jour pour pouvoir joindre @humanrightsobs.bsky.social en tant que stagiaire juridique pour 6 mois, à partir du 1er Décembre.
Tous les détails: humanrightsobservers.org/fr/2025/10/2...
Tous les détails: humanrightsobservers.org/fr/2025/10/2...
October 31, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Dernier jour pour pouvoir joindre @humanrightsobs.bsky.social en tant que stagiaire juridique pour 6 mois, à partir du 1er Décembre.
Tous les détails: humanrightsobservers.org/fr/2025/10/2...
Tous les détails: humanrightsobservers.org/fr/2025/10/2...
Thank you to Carlotta Zaccarelli and MeltingPotEU for writing about our intervention to the UN's Human Rights Council on strengthening migration governance monitoring in the Balkans, and the role civil society can play in it.
www.meltingpot.org/2025/10/il-c...
www.meltingpot.org/2025/10/il-c...
Il confine come laboratorio di impunità: il Policy Memo del BVMN sui Balcani
Tra pushback, detenzioni illegali e sorveglianza tecnologica
www.meltingpot.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Thank you to Carlotta Zaccarelli and MeltingPotEU for writing about our intervention to the UN's Human Rights Council on strengthening migration governance monitoring in the Balkans, and the role civil society can play in it.
www.meltingpot.org/2025/10/il-c...
www.meltingpot.org/2025/10/il-c...
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🟠 BVMN’s July report is now online, focused on access to shelter.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Closing of Krnjača camp and conditions in Obrenovac camp, in Serbia
🟠 BVMN’s July report is now online, focused on access to shelter.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Closing of Krnjača camp and conditions in Obrenovac camp, in Serbia
October 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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🟠 BVMN’s July report is now online, focused on access to shelter.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Closing of Krnjača camp and conditions in Obrenovac camp, in Serbia
🟠 BVMN’s July report is now online, focused on access to shelter.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Closing of Krnjača camp and conditions in Obrenovac camp, in Serbia
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We join 200+ organisations, to call on
@europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new "Return" Regulation (aka Deportation Regulation).
❌ Offshore “return hubs”
❌ Expanded detention
❌ Surveillance & racial profiling
Read our joint statement ➡️ actionaid.org/publications...
@europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new "Return" Regulation (aka Deportation Regulation).
❌ Offshore “return hubs”
❌ Expanded detention
❌ Surveillance & racial profiling
Read our joint statement ➡️ actionaid.org/publications...
More than 200 Organisations: Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be Rejected
On 11 March 2025, the European Commission presented a new proposal for a Return Regulation to replace the current Return Directive. Behind the euphemistic name, the proposal outlines coercive, traumat...
actionaid.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:44 PM
We join 200+ organisations, to call on
@europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new "Return" Regulation (aka Deportation Regulation).
❌ Offshore “return hubs”
❌ Expanded detention
❌ Surveillance & racial profiling
Read our joint statement ➡️ actionaid.org/publications...
@europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new "Return" Regulation (aka Deportation Regulation).
❌ Offshore “return hubs”
❌ Expanded detention
❌ Surveillance & racial profiling
Read our joint statement ➡️ actionaid.org/publications...
Today, along with 200+ organisations, we call on @europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new Returns Regulation.
Let's call this this new Regulation for what it actually is: a Deportation Regulation.
@melissacamara.bsky.social @estrellagalan.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social
Let's call this this new Regulation for what it actually is: a Deportation Regulation.
@melissacamara.bsky.social @estrellagalan.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Today, along with 200+ organisations, we call on @europarl.europa.eu to reject the proposal for a new Returns Regulation.
Let's call this this new Regulation for what it actually is: a Deportation Regulation.
@melissacamara.bsky.social @estrellagalan.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social
Let's call this this new Regulation for what it actually is: a Deportation Regulation.
@melissacamara.bsky.social @estrellagalan.bsky.social @muriellelaurent.bsky.social
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All additional documents can be found at the same link as the report: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social
@bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
All additional documents can be found at the same link as the report: www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
@bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social
@bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social
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✏️ Augmenting our April report on police detention, short versions are now available in:
English
Arabic - العربية
Urdu - اردو
Farsi - فارسی
Kurdish - Kurdî
Greek - Eλληνικά
French - Français
As well as a dedicated briefing on the application of the EU’s Return & Reception Conditions Directives. 💪
English
Arabic - العربية
Urdu - اردو
Farsi - فارسی
Kurdish - Kurdî
Greek - Eλληνικά
French - Français
As well as a dedicated briefing on the application of the EU’s Return & Reception Conditions Directives. 💪
📢 Report: Greece’s Illegal Use of Police Stations to Detain Migrants
Today, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social, @bordercrim.bsky.social and the Border Violence Monitoring Network publish a new report on the detention of migrants in police stations in Greece
➡️ www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
Today, @mobileinfoteam.bsky.social, @bordercrim.bsky.social and the Border Violence Monitoring Network publish a new report on the detention of migrants in police stations in Greece
➡️ www.mobileinfoteam.org/police-stati...
Report: Greece's Illegal Use of Police Stations to Detain Migrants — Mobile Info Team
Today, Mobile Info Team, Border Criminologies and the Border Violence Monitoring Network publish a new report on the use of police cells for long-term detention of migrants in Greece.
www.mobileinfoteam.org
September 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
✏️ Augmenting our April report on police detention, short versions are now available in:
English
Arabic - العربية
Urdu - اردو
Farsi - فارسی
Kurdish - Kurdî
Greek - Eλληνικά
French - Français
As well as a dedicated briefing on the application of the EU’s Return & Reception Conditions Directives. 💪
English
Arabic - العربية
Urdu - اردو
Farsi - فارسی
Kurdish - Kurdî
Greek - Eλληνικά
French - Français
As well as a dedicated briefing on the application of the EU’s Return & Reception Conditions Directives. 💪
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BVMN monitored the trials of people on the move accused of so-called smuggling at the Appeals Court in Heraklion, in Crete.
All 4 Sudanese defendants were acquitted, but unequal sentencing to other nationals jeopardises the principle of equality before the law.
BVMN monitored the trials of people on the move accused of so-called smuggling at the Appeals Court in Heraklion, in Crete.
All 4 Sudanese defendants were acquitted, but unequal sentencing to other nationals jeopardises the principle of equality before the law.
September 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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BVMN monitored the trials of people on the move accused of so-called smuggling at the Appeals Court in Heraklion, in Crete.
All 4 Sudanese defendants were acquitted, but unequal sentencing to other nationals jeopardises the principle of equality before the law.
BVMN monitored the trials of people on the move accused of so-called smuggling at the Appeals Court in Heraklion, in Crete.
All 4 Sudanese defendants were acquitted, but unequal sentencing to other nationals jeopardises the principle of equality before the law.
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BVMN travelled to Crete on September 1 to attend 25 trials of 36 people on the move accused of so-called smuggling, in cases dating back all the way to November and December. Only 3 out of the 25 cases were heard, and the rest was postponed to a later date.
BVMN travelled to Crete on September 1 to attend 25 trials of 36 people on the move accused of so-called smuggling, in cases dating back all the way to November and December. Only 3 out of the 25 cases were heard, and the rest was postponed to a later date.
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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BVMN travelled to Crete on September 1 to attend 25 trials of 36 people on the move accused of so-called smuggling, in cases dating back all the way to November and December. Only 3 out of the 25 cases were heard, and the rest was postponed to a later date.
BVMN travelled to Crete on September 1 to attend 25 trials of 36 people on the move accused of so-called smuggling, in cases dating back all the way to November and December. Only 3 out of the 25 cases were heard, and the rest was postponed to a later date.
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🟠 BVMN’s June report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Relocations and rising uncertainty around Krnjača closure in Serbia
🟠 BVMN’s June report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Relocations and rising uncertainty around Krnjača closure in Serbia
Balkan Regional Report - June 2025
This report brings together first-hand testimonies from a range of countries in the region to look at the way European Union states and other actors are affecting systemic violence towards people cros...
borderviolence.eu
August 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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🟠 BVMN’s June report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Relocations and rising uncertainty around Krnjača closure in Serbia
🟠 BVMN’s June report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/balk...
With contributions from our member organisations, partners and working groups, this edition covers, among other things:
❌ Relocations and rising uncertainty around Krnjača closure in Serbia
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🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
BVMN Monthly Report - May 2025: Detention
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
This report looks into the detention conditions and practices ...
borderviolence.eu
August 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
🟠 BVMN’s May report is now online.
borderviolence.eu/reports/bvmn...
This is the first of a series of thematic reports, where we will look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.
BVMN is against the use of immigration detention in all its forms.
In this blog post, researcher Dan Schoolar reveals how the UK has been laying the groundwork for the establishment of its own deportation centres in the Western Balkans, most likely in Serbia.
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/blog/no-rwan...
Editing: Emilija Krivosic
Graphic design: Marlene Janke
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/blog/no-rwan...
Editing: Emilija Krivosic
Graphic design: Marlene Janke
August 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In this blog post, researcher Dan Schoolar reveals how the UK has been laying the groundwork for the establishment of its own deportation centres in the Western Balkans, most likely in Serbia.
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/blog/no-rwan...
Editing: Emilija Krivosic
Graphic design: Marlene Janke
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/blog/no-rwan...
Editing: Emilija Krivosic
Graphic design: Marlene Janke
Today, some 30 organisations, including member and partner organisations of the Network, have launched the "Where We Rise" campaign, a coalition call to raise €1 million for people on the move seeking safety.
Donate here: forrefugees.donorsupport.co/page/where-w...
Donate here: forrefugees.donorsupport.co/page/where-w...
July 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Today, some 30 organisations, including member and partner organisations of the Network, have launched the "Where We Rise" campaign, a coalition call to raise €1 million for people on the move seeking safety.
Donate here: forrefugees.donorsupport.co/page/where-w...
Donate here: forrefugees.donorsupport.co/page/where-w...
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Last month, our United Nations Advocacy Coordinator spoke at a panel titled "Protecting Migrants’ Rights at Borders" organised by the
@fesonline.bsky.social on the margins of the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
These were his closing remarks.
Last month, our United Nations Advocacy Coordinator spoke at a panel titled "Protecting Migrants’ Rights at Borders" organised by the
@fesonline.bsky.social on the margins of the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
These were his closing remarks.
July 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Last month, our United Nations Advocacy Coordinator spoke at a panel titled "Protecting Migrants’ Rights at Borders" organised by the
@fesonline.bsky.social on the margins of the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
These were his closing remarks.
Last month, our United Nations Advocacy Coordinator spoke at a panel titled "Protecting Migrants’ Rights at Borders" organised by the
@fesonline.bsky.social on the margins of the 59th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council.
These were his closing remarks.
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Read the full statement here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/joint-statem...
Joint Statement on M.S.S and H.A supervision — Mobile Info Team
Joint statement on M.S.S and H.A supervision
www.mobileinfoteam.org
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Read the full statement here: www.mobileinfoteam.org/joint-statem...
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The decision of the CM to close the supervision of asylum procedures marks the loss of a critical mechanism of oversight into a defective and dehumanising system, at a time when the right of access to asylum is facing steady political erosion.
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The decision of the CM to close the supervision of asylum procedures marks the loss of a critical mechanism of oversight into a defective and dehumanising system, at a time when the right of access to asylum is facing steady political erosion.
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These include unstable access to asylum, chronic delays in asylum procedures, frequent technical issues with the online registration platform, the arbitrary use of the 'safe third country' concept, and issues with the effectiveness and accessibility of appeals procedures, among others.
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
These include unstable access to asylum, chronic delays in asylum procedures, frequent technical issues with the online registration platform, the arbitrary use of the 'safe third country' concept, and issues with the effectiveness and accessibility of appeals procedures, among others.
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✅ We appreciate the decision of the CM to continue monitoring living and detention conditions, and the lack of effective remedies.
❌We regret, however, the decision to stop monitoring asylum procedures, despite civil society repeatedly warning about serious flaws in Greece’s asylum system.
❌We regret, however, the decision to stop monitoring asylum procedures, despite civil society repeatedly warning about serious flaws in Greece’s asylum system.
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
✅ We appreciate the decision of the CM to continue monitoring living and detention conditions, and the lack of effective remedies.
❌We regret, however, the decision to stop monitoring asylum procedures, despite civil society repeatedly warning about serious flaws in Greece’s asylum system.
❌We regret, however, the decision to stop monitoring asylum procedures, despite civil society repeatedly warning about serious flaws in Greece’s asylum system.
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🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Addressing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases. @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social @equallegalaid.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT: Addressing the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ (CM) last examination of the Greek asylum system under the M.S.S. and H.A. and Others v. Greece groups of cases. @bordercrim.bsky.social @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social @equallegalaid.bsky.social
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🚨 JOINT STATEMENT @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social: We strongly condemn the Greek government’s new legislative amendment to suspend the processing of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from North Africa
July 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
🚨 JOINT STATEMENT @borderviolence.bsky.social @ihaverights.bsky.social: We strongly condemn the Greek government’s new legislative amendment to suspend the processing of asylum applications for people arriving by sea from North Africa
We just published the report of the 2nd visit of our coordinator to Crete.
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/reports/cret...
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/reports/cret...
July 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We just published the report of the 2nd visit of our coordinator to Crete.
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/reports/cret...
Read it here: borderviolence.eu/reports/cret...