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Julie Lejeune
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ECRE - IFDH/FIRM - Asylum, Migration and Human Rights in Belgium and Europe a.o.
Books, Friends, TaoistTaiChi and the open air 🌳 Together strong!
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June 6th workshop brought together experts & people with #livedexperience of #migration #exploitation.

Result 👉 a #CallToAction for recognising lived experience as #expertise.

📖 Read & sign to commit: asylos.org/call-to-acti...

#LivedExperienceMatters
November 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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EU border agency Frontex has concluded that Bulgarian authorities were responsible for the deaths of three Egyptian teenagers who froze to death near the Turkish border.

This confirmed long-standing allegations made by humanitarian groups working in the area.

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6826...
Frontex confirms Bulgarian authorities responsible for deaths of three Egyptian minors
A Frontex investigation has confirmed that Bulgarian Border Police failed to respond to multiple distress alerts for three Egyptian minors who later died of hypothermia near the Turkish border.
www.infomigrants.net
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Camille Schmoll, géographe des émotions : « Une architecture morale entoure les discours sur les migrations »
Camille Schmoll, géographe des émotions : « Une architecture morale entoure les discours sur les migrations »
Dans « Chacun sa place », la directrice d’études à l’EHESS Camille Schmoll examine la dimension morale des mobilités et l’aspiration à une « vie bonne », juste, vivable, émancipée. La géographe féministe et critique a fait des questions migratoires le fil rouge de son travail.
www.nouvelobs.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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In October 2024 the EU announced it would provide €30 million from its aid budget to Senegal.

Ultimately, the plans can be seen as contributing to a new era of carceral EU migration “management” in West Africa.

Read more in the latest article by Leonie Jegen:

buff.ly/ImferiV
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🔴 Nieuw rapport i.s.m. @11.be : Tussen 2016 en 2024 verstrekten Europese banken zoals BNP en ING €64 miljard(!) aan leningen voor mijnbouwbedrijven die direct in verband gebracht worden met landroof, vervuiling en mensenrechtenschendingen in Congo, Peru en Brazilië.
www.nieuwsblad.be/nieuws/banke...
Banken investeren jaarlijks 8 miljard euro in mijnbouwbedrijven die mensenrechten schenden
Europese banken, verzekeraars en pensioenfondsen investeren jaarlijks blindelings meer dan 8 miljard euro in mijnbouwbedrijven die de mensenrechten en milieuvoorschriften schenden. Dat blijkt woensdag uit een nieuw rapport van Oxfam International, 11.11.11 en Fair Finance International.
www.nieuwsblad.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Indexharmonisering: slim idee of inflatiebom? @matthias-somers.bsky.social (Minerva) analyseert. Ook: AI-surveillance door @mhermans.net (VUB & Minerva) en de opgeblazen migratiefactuur door @hielkevd.bsky.social (Minerva) & @flordidden.bsky.social (@11.be)
Nieuwsbrief👇 mailchi.mp/denktankmine...
Indexharmonisering: slim idee of inflatiebom?
Premier De Wever wil alle lonen op één vast moment indexeren. Maar hoe slim is zo'n harmonisering eigenlijk?  Spoiler alert: niet zo slim. Sterker nog, het idee is ronduit contraproductief. Matthias...
mailchi.mp
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Today @kaldorcentre.bsky.social, Platform on Disaster Displacement & @unhcr.org launch Nansen Initiative +10 - a new blog reflecting on a decade of the Nansen Initiative’s Protection Agenda. Explore how disaster displacement policy has evolved, and what’s next. climatemobility.unsw.edu.au/blog
Plus 10 Blog
About the Nansen Initiative +10 blog
climatemobility.unsw.edu.au
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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This week's #ECREWeekly includes articles on:

▪️EU External Partners (Egypt, Libya and Tunisia)
▪️Ireland

Plus

▪️ECRE Policy Note: Towards a point of no return for fundamental rights? The EC’s proposal for a Return Regulation

Read it here: eepurl.com/jrl7UA
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Le rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur les droits de l’homme et l’extrême pauvreté alerte sur le démantèlement des outils de solidarité qui fragilise une part grandissante de nos sociétés et favorise l’ascension électorale de l’extrême droite. Y compris en France.

Par @faizazer.bsky.social
Olivier De Schutter : « L’extrême droite progresse là où les gens se sentent abandonnés »
Le rapporteur spécial de l’ONU sur les droits de l’homme et l’extrême pauvreté alerte sur le démantèlement des outils de solidarité qui fragilise une part grandissante de nos sociétés et favorise l’ascension électorale de l’extrême droite. Y compris en France.
l.mediapart.fr
October 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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TODAY 👇
In two days, on 22 October, EU and Egyptian leaders will meet in Brussels for their first-ever summit.

🧵Migration will be on the table but so must the truth about how Europe’s policies are fueling abuses against people on the move in Egypt.
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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👉Human rights organisations: The situation in Afghanistan worsened in 2024 as Taliban authorities intensified their crackdown on human rights, especially against women & girls.

🔊20 European countries: 'We demand measures to return Afghans either voluntarily or forcibly'
Twenty countries press the EU to send back Afghans illegally in Europe
Twenty European countries have urged the European Commission to prioritize the return of Afghan nationals living illegally in Europe, either voluntarily or by force.
www.euronews.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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🧵 An estimated 30–43% of people with a forced migration background experience PTSD and depression—far higher rates than in the general population.

#MentalHealthDay
October 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Catherine Briddick on her new book, which analyses the treatment of women in migration law. The book identifies patterns of disadvantage, scrutinises justifications for differential treatment, and argues for migration status reform: bit.ly/women-migrat...
New book by Catherine Briddick analyses treatment of women in migration law
www.rsc.ox.ac.uk
October 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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The Global Sumud Flotilla is being intercepted by the Israeli occupation forces in international waters. Pressure your government for the protection of Global Sumud Flotilla
October 1, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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All eyes on the Freedom Flotilla
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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📣 Défenseurs & défenseuses des droits humains : nous voulons connaître votre avis !
Je vous invite à répondre à une série de questions afin de m'aider à rédiger mon ultime rapport au CDH. Je souhaite mieux comprendre la façon dont vous faites face à un contexte actuel particulièrement difficile.
Submit Information to an Annual Report
The Special Rapporteur submits two thematic reports each year on the situation of human rights defenders. HRDs, civil society, States, businesses, intergovernmental organisations and others are invite...
srdefenders.org
August 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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De patrouilleboot die bij deze aanval werd gebruikt, was een gift van Italië in het kader van de Europese steun aan Libië. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Reddingsschip voor migranten "15 tot 20 minuten lang" onder vuur genomen door Libische kustwacht | VRT NWS: nieuws
De Ocean Viking, een reddingsschip voor migranten op de Middellandse Zee, is onder vuur genomen door de Libische kustwacht. Dat zegt SOS Méditerranée, de hulporganisatie die gebruik maakt van het schi...
www.vrt.be
August 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Belgium: Stricter rules on asylum came intp force: Since yesterday 4 August 2025 Asylum seekers that have already been granted protection status in another European Union member state will no longer be entitled to asylum in Belgium. www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
Stricter rules on asylum come intp force | VRT NWS: news
From today (Monday 4 August) Asylum seekers that have already been granted protection status in another European Union member state will no longer be entitled to asylum in Belgium. This is the result ...
www.vrt.be
August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Nederland mag alleenstaande mannelijke asielzoekers niet terugsturen naar ons land: "België kan hen niet van bed, bad en brood voorzien" vrtnws.be/p.nwqvMxldx?t=175... @vrtnws.be
Nederland mag alleenstaande mannelijke asielzoekers niet terugsturen naar ons land: "België kan hen niet van bed, bad en brood voorzien"
vrtnws.be
July 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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Inderdaad, een grote overwinning. In haar uitspraak verbiedt de rechtbank de Vlaamse overheid per direct om nieuwe doorvoer van militair materieel naar #Israël toe te staan.
11.be 11.11.11 @11.be · Jul 17
We did it. Samen met Intal, Liga voor Mensenrechten en Vredesactie stapten we naar de rechtbank.

Het resultaat is een historisch vonnis! Alle doorvoer van militair materieel wordt gestopt. Op alle punten kregen we van de rechter gelijk. Zolang politici de rode lijn niet trekken, doen wij het.
July 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Another terrible incident that shows that search and rescue in the Mediterranean urgently needs to be improved.
Italian authorities waited 40 hours before issuing an emergency alert for a boat with around 80 people lost in the Mediterranean Sea after an initial sighting by Frontex. A passing charity rescue vessel came to their rescue days later, but says at least 60 people had died as a result.
Revealed: Dozens died after Italy ignored Frontex warning of adrift boat in 2024
Italian authorities waited 40 hours before issuing an emergency alert for a boat with around 80 people lost in the Mediterranean Sea after an initial sighting by Frontex. A passing charity rescue vessel came to their rescue days later, but says at least 60 people had died as a result.
euobserver.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Pleased that a report I worked on as a consultant has been published by OSCE and UNHCR. It highlights birthright citizenship laws, universal birth registration, and other safeguards against childhood statelessness.

www.osce.org/odihr/593126
Opening Doors for Children: Prevention of Childhood Statelessness - Good Practices in the OSCE Area
The aim of this guide is to encourage OSCE participating States to adopt good practices to address and prevent childhood statelessness, ensure universal birth registration and implement other positive...
www.osce.org
July 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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À l'approche du sommet franco-britannique, @utopia56.bsky.social, @migreurop.bsky.social, NANSEN et d'autres ont ajouté leurs noms à une déclaration condamnent « sans équivoque la poursuite de la violence et de la sécurisation des frontières » www.crossborderforum.org/juillet-2025...
Juillet 2025 declaration sommet franco-britannique — Crossborder Forum
www.crossborderforum.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:12 AM