Katy Fallon
@katymfallon.bsky.social
Journalist writing mainly about borders, human rights, rule of law.
contact: katyfallonjourno@gmail.com
contact: katyfallonjourno@gmail.com
Based on a new report by Balkans based human rights org No Name Kitchen, UK lawyers are challenging asylum seeker deportations back to Bulgaria on the basis that inhumane conditions for ppl there could breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
UK faces legal challenge over asylum seekers’ deportations to Bulgaria
Deportees may face inhumane treatment and torture, say lawyers contesting Labour’s migration policy
www.theguardian.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Based on a new report by Balkans based human rights org No Name Kitchen, UK lawyers are challenging asylum seeker deportations back to Bulgaria on the basis that inhumane conditions for ppl there could breach Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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"…They say the criminalisation of #refugees and #asylum seekers is ineffective in disrupting smuggling networks, as the real smugglers are rarely on the boat."
via @katymfallon.bsky.social & @giorgoschristides.bsky.social
via @katymfallon.bsky.social & @giorgoschristides.bsky.social
‘It was steer or they would kill me’: why Sudanese war refugees are filling prisons in Greece
Prosecutors are using harsh anti-smuggling laws to jail people who have no connection to criminal offences, say migrants’ lawyers
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:21 PM
"…They say the criminalisation of #refugees and #asylum seekers is ineffective in disrupting smuggling networks, as the real smugglers are rarely on the boat."
via @katymfallon.bsky.social & @giorgoschristides.bsky.social
via @katymfallon.bsky.social & @giorgoschristides.bsky.social
With @giorgoschristides.bsky.social, we wrote about the dozens of young men under 21 who fled Sudan & are now facing (what their lawyers say are) draconian charges under Greek anti-smuggling legislation. Many have already been handed lengthy sentences in Greece... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘It was steer or they would kill me’: why Sudanese war refugees are filling prisons in Greece
Prosecutors are using harsh anti-smuggling laws to jail people who have no connection to criminal offences, say migrants’ lawyers
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
With @giorgoschristides.bsky.social, we wrote about the dozens of young men under 21 who fled Sudan & are now facing (what their lawyers say are) draconian charges under Greek anti-smuggling legislation. Many have already been handed lengthy sentences in Greece... www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
2 humanitarian groups working near the Bulgarian border say police frustrated their efforts to reach 3 teenage boys from Egypt who later died alone in freezing conditions in December, in what is being described as just another example of Europe's deadly borders. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Bulgarian police ‘blocked rescue’ of teenage migrants who froze to death
Report by rights groups alleges border police refused to rescue boys and blocked activists’ efforts to save them
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
2 humanitarian groups working near the Bulgarian border say police frustrated their efforts to reach 3 teenage boys from Egypt who later died alone in freezing conditions in December, in what is being described as just another example of Europe's deadly borders. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Reposted by Katy Fallon
Drones.
Κάμερες με τεχνολογία ΑΙ.
Πύργοι επιτήρησης που βλέπουν 20 χλμ μακριά.
Νέα πολύμηνη έρευνα του Solomon αποκαλύπτει πώς η ΕΕ χρησιμοποιεί την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη απέναντι σε όσους αναζητούν καταφύγιο σε αυτήν.
bit.ly/eu-ai-agains...
Κάμερες με τεχνολογία ΑΙ.
Πύργοι επιτήρησης που βλέπουν 20 χλμ μακριά.
Νέα πολύμηνη έρευνα του Solomon αποκαλύπτει πώς η ΕΕ χρησιμοποιεί την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη απέναντι σε όσους αναζητούν καταφύγιο σε αυτήν.
bit.ly/eu-ai-agains...
January 16, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Drones.
Κάμερες με τεχνολογία ΑΙ.
Πύργοι επιτήρησης που βλέπουν 20 χλμ μακριά.
Νέα πολύμηνη έρευνα του Solomon αποκαλύπτει πώς η ΕΕ χρησιμοποιεί την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη απέναντι σε όσους αναζητούν καταφύγιο σε αυτήν.
bit.ly/eu-ai-agains...
Κάμερες με τεχνολογία ΑΙ.
Πύργοι επιτήρησης που βλέπουν 20 χλμ μακριά.
Νέα πολύμηνη έρευνα του Solomon αποκαλύπτει πώς η ΕΕ χρησιμοποιεί την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη απέναντι σε όσους αναζητούν καταφύγιο σε αυτήν.
bit.ly/eu-ai-agains...
Reposted by Katy Fallon
Hoy @katymfallon.bsky.social, @margueritejay.bsky.social, Deana Mrkaja, Florian Schmitz y Giorgos Christides publicamos una serie de reportajes en diferentes medios como parte de una investigación colaborativa sobre el uso de inteligencia artificial y otros sistemas automatizados en las fronteras.
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January 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Hoy @katymfallon.bsky.social, @margueritejay.bsky.social, Deana Mrkaja, Florian Schmitz y Giorgos Christides publicamos una serie de reportajes en diferentes medios como parte de una investigación colaborativa sobre el uso de inteligencia artificial y otros sistemas automatizados en las fronteras.
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Reposted by Katy Fallon
Read this important collaborative investigation on AI & European borders by @inkstickmedia.com just published by @katymfallon.bsky.social, @hibai.bsky.social, @margueritejay.bsky.social, Giorgos Christides, & Florian Schmitz:
This months-long joint investigation by Inkstick, @wearesolomon.bsky.social, @elpais.com, @woz.ch, and @tagesspiegel.de illustrates how Europe’s dependence on tech-heavy solutions highlights long-held fears about migrants' privacy and violations of their rights.
For Migrants, Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Roadblock to Europe
A joint investigation reveals the extent to which AI-powered surveillance and digitization put migrants' rights at risk.
inkstickmedia.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Read this important collaborative investigation on AI & European borders by @inkstickmedia.com just published by @katymfallon.bsky.social, @hibai.bsky.social, @margueritejay.bsky.social, Giorgos Christides, & Florian Schmitz:
Reposted by Katy Fallon
This months-long joint investigation by Inkstick, @wearesolomon.bsky.social, @elpais.com, @woz.ch, and @tagesspiegel.de illustrates how Europe’s dependence on tech-heavy solutions highlights long-held fears about migrants' privacy and violations of their rights.
For Migrants, Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Roadblock to Europe
A joint investigation reveals the extent to which AI-powered surveillance and digitization put migrants' rights at risk.
inkstickmedia.com
January 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
This months-long joint investigation by Inkstick, @wearesolomon.bsky.social, @elpais.com, @woz.ch, and @tagesspiegel.de illustrates how Europe’s dependence on tech-heavy solutions highlights long-held fears about migrants' privacy and violations of their rights.
Reposted by Katy Fallon
I wrote a long piece at @inkstickmedia.com about the situation for refugees on Greece's Chios island, the way the journey they take has become more dangerous & violent since 2015, & how border violence/deterrence has failed to stop people from risking the crossing:
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...
After Greece's Refugee Crisis: The Rise of Hard Borders
On the Greek island of Chios, refugees and advocates say the crisis never ended — it only disappeared from public attention.
inkstickmedia.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:13 PM
I wrote a long piece at @inkstickmedia.com about the situation for refugees on Greece's Chios island, the way the journey they take has become more dangerous & violent since 2015, & how border violence/deterrence has failed to stop people from risking the crossing:
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...
inkstickmedia.com/after-greece...