Miguel Martín Zumalacárregui
@miguelmarzuma.bsky.social
Senior EU Advocacy Advisor @CARE International. Views my own. He/him.
#HumanRights #DerechosHumanos #Humanitarian
Formerly OMCT / Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) / Amnesty International / Essex' Human Rights Centre.
#HumanRights #DerechosHumanos #Humanitarian
Formerly OMCT / Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) / Amnesty International / Essex' Human Rights Centre.
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1/7 With Trump’s “peace plan” on the table, some EU states will seize it as an excuse to drop pressure on Israel: Germany, Italy & others will claim “diplomacy is working”, so no need to sanction ministers or suspend the EU-Israel trade deal.
That’s nonsense. Here’s why ⤵️🧵
That’s nonsense. Here’s why ⤵️🧵
October 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
1/7 With Trump’s “peace plan” on the table, some EU states will seize it as an excuse to drop pressure on Israel: Germany, Italy & others will claim “diplomacy is working”, so no need to sanction ministers or suspend the EU-Israel trade deal.
That’s nonsense. Here’s why ⤵️🧵
That’s nonsense. Here’s why ⤵️🧵
FIDH denounces heinous US Sanctions against leading Palestinian Human Rights Organisations and calls on states to act in the strongest terms, including the EU, which needs to activate its Blocking Statute.
www.fidh.org/en/region/no...
@fidh-official.bsky.social
www.fidh.org/en/region/no...
@fidh-official.bsky.social
FIDH Denounces Heinous US Sanctions Against Leading Palestinian Human Rights Organisations
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) denounces in the strongest terms the heinous designations imposed by the United States on (…)
www.fidh.org
September 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
FIDH denounces heinous US Sanctions against leading Palestinian Human Rights Organisations and calls on states to act in the strongest terms, including the EU, which needs to activate its Blocking Statute.
www.fidh.org/en/region/no...
@fidh-official.bsky.social
www.fidh.org/en/region/no...
@fidh-official.bsky.social
Apoyo a @radio-ambulante.bsky.social @elhilopodcast.bsky.social @centralseries.bsky.social por su compromiso con América Latina. Si tu también crees en su trabajo, ve a: radioambulante.org/bs-apoyanos
Únete a Deambulantes
Apoya nuestro periodismo. Con tu ayuda, Radio Ambulante, El hilo y Central seguirán contando historias de América Latina.
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August 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Apoyo a @radio-ambulante.bsky.social @elhilopodcast.bsky.social @centralseries.bsky.social por su compromiso con América Latina. Si tu también crees en su trabajo, ve a: radioambulante.org/bs-apoyanos
#Gaza joint statement: Israel threatens to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens.
"Our mandate is to save lives, but due to the registration restrictions civilians are being left without the food, medicine, and protection they urgently need.”
reliefweb.int/report/occup...
"Our mandate is to save lives, but due to the registration restrictions civilians are being left without the food, medicine, and protection they urgently need.”
reliefweb.int/report/occup...
Gaza joint statement: Israel threatens to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens - occupied Palestinian territory
News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Food and Nutrition and Protection and Human Rights; published on 14 Aug 2025 by ACF, ACT Alliance and 35ount other organizatio...
reliefweb.int
August 14, 2025 at 7:22 AM
#Gaza joint statement: Israel threatens to ban major aid organisations as starvation deepens.
"Our mandate is to save lives, but due to the registration restrictions civilians are being left without the food, medicine, and protection they urgently need.”
reliefweb.int/report/occup...
"Our mandate is to save lives, but due to the registration restrictions civilians are being left without the food, medicine, and protection they urgently need.”
reliefweb.int/report/occup...
The mathematics of starvation: how #Israel caused a famine in #Gaza.
By Israel’s own figures, the amount of aid reaching Gaza falls well below subsistence levels.
Airdrops are expensive,inefficient & deadly. Starvation is caused by state policy, not logistics.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
By Israel’s own figures, the amount of aid reaching Gaza falls well below subsistence levels.
Airdrops are expensive,inefficient & deadly. Starvation is caused by state policy, not logistics.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The mathematics of starvation: how #Israel caused a famine in #Gaza.
By Israel’s own figures, the amount of aid reaching Gaza falls well below subsistence levels.
Airdrops are expensive,inefficient & deadly. Starvation is caused by state policy, not logistics.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
By Israel’s own figures, the amount of aid reaching Gaza falls well below subsistence levels.
Airdrops are expensive,inefficient & deadly. Starvation is caused by state policy, not logistics.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Extraordinary scenes in Kyiv and Lviv tonight as young protestors defy martial law to protest against govt destruction of the independence of the country’s anti corruption agencies. First mass protest in Kyiv since martial law. This still from Ukraine Pravda video on X.
July 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Extraordinary scenes in Kyiv and Lviv tonight as young protestors defy martial law to protest against govt destruction of the independence of the country’s anti corruption agencies. First mass protest in Kyiv since martial law. This still from Ukraine Pravda video on X.
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Aid alone cannot stop this catastrophe.
We cannot continue to watch children killed and say ‘we are making progress’.
We cannot watch food rot in aid trucks while people starve and say ‘this is working.’
We cannot continue to watch children killed and say ‘we are making progress’.
We cannot watch food rot in aid trucks while people starve and say ‘this is working.’
The killing of civilians seeking aid in Gaza is indefensible.
I spoke again with Gideon Sa'ar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points.
All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges.
I spoke again with Gideon Sa'ar to recall our understanding on aid flow and made clear that IDF must stop killing people at distribution points.
All options remain on the table if Israel doesn’t deliver on its pledges.
July 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Aid alone cannot stop this catastrophe.
We cannot continue to watch children killed and say ‘we are making progress’.
We cannot watch food rot in aid trucks while people starve and say ‘this is working.’
We cannot continue to watch children killed and say ‘we are making progress’.
We cannot watch food rot in aid trucks while people starve and say ‘this is working.’
"Sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are a disgraceful affront to international justice"
“Following the recent sanctions against the ICC, these measures (..) [aim] to protect the Israeli government from accountability at all costs"
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“Following the recent sanctions against the ICC, these measures (..) [aim] to protect the Israeli government from accountability at all costs"
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
US sanctions against Francesca Albanese are an affront to international justice
Special Rapporteurs are not appointed to please governments or to be popular but to deliver their mandate
www.amnesty.org
July 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"Sanctions against UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese are a disgraceful affront to international justice"
“Following the recent sanctions against the ICC, these measures (..) [aim] to protect the Israeli government from accountability at all costs"
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
“Following the recent sanctions against the ICC, these measures (..) [aim] to protect the Israeli government from accountability at all costs"
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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Kudos to #Denmark 🇩🇰 for standing firm on international law. When Danish firm GreenGo sought support for a project in occupied #WesternSahara, the govt rightly said no. #BusinessEthics #ClimateJustice #JustTransition
wsrw.org/en/news/denm...
wsrw.org/en/news/denm...
Western Sahara Resource Watch | Denmark refused to advise company in occupied Western Sahara
When the Danish renewable‑energy firm GreenGo Energy requested government guidance for its planned activities in Western Sahara, the Danish embassy declined.
wsrw.org
July 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Kudos to #Denmark 🇩🇰 for standing firm on international law. When Danish firm GreenGo sought support for a project in occupied #WesternSahara, the govt rightly said no. #BusinessEthics #ClimateJustice #JustTransition
wsrw.org/en/news/denm...
wsrw.org/en/news/denm...
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Today, an estimated 180.000 people marched in Pride in #Budapest to reclaim the right to freedom of assembly despite a government ban. Congrats to the organisers #BudapestPride and thanks to all in the community and allies who showed up with Pride!
June 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Today, an estimated 180.000 people marched in Pride in #Budapest to reclaim the right to freedom of assembly despite a government ban. Congrats to the organisers #BudapestPride and thanks to all in the community and allies who showed up with Pride!
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"We stand in resistance in the face of attempts to divide, silence, and criminalise all those who stand for human rights."
#BudapestPride - our joint statement with @ilgaeurope.bsky.social:
www.etuc.org/en/node/25588
#BudapestPride - our joint statement with @ilgaeurope.bsky.social:
www.etuc.org/en/node/25588
June 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"We stand in resistance in the face of attempts to divide, silence, and criminalise all those who stand for human rights."
#BudapestPride - our joint statement with @ilgaeurope.bsky.social:
www.etuc.org/en/node/25588
#BudapestPride - our joint statement with @ilgaeurope.bsky.social:
www.etuc.org/en/node/25588
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BREAKING! @europarl.europa.eu's Conference of Presidents decides on working group on NGO funding
⚖️Threatens democracy & essential role of civil society
📣 Jeopardises inclusive, pluralistic nature of EU
📜 Legitimises politically motivated push to restrict civic space
www.wwf.eu?18440916/EP-...
⚖️Threatens democracy & essential role of civil society
📣 Jeopardises inclusive, pluralistic nature of EU
📜 Legitimises politically motivated push to restrict civic space
www.wwf.eu?18440916/EP-...
June 19, 2025 at 10:03 AM
BREAKING! @europarl.europa.eu's Conference of Presidents decides on working group on NGO funding
⚖️Threatens democracy & essential role of civil society
📣 Jeopardises inclusive, pluralistic nature of EU
📜 Legitimises politically motivated push to restrict civic space
www.wwf.eu?18440916/EP-...
⚖️Threatens democracy & essential role of civil society
📣 Jeopardises inclusive, pluralistic nature of EU
📜 Legitimises politically motivated push to restrict civic space
www.wwf.eu?18440916/EP-...
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🚨 EU leaders will meet at the #EUCO on 26–27 June.
🧐 Don’t let them shrink the EU’s External Action. We need strong funding for #SustainableDevelopment, #HumanRights and #PovertyReduction.
❌ No cuts to Heading 6! No merging of external instruments!
🔗 presidency.concordeurope.org?p=27253869&e...
🧐 Don’t let them shrink the EU’s External Action. We need strong funding for #SustainableDevelopment, #HumanRights and #PovertyReduction.
❌ No cuts to Heading 6! No merging of external instruments!
🔗 presidency.concordeurope.org?p=27253869&e...
June 17, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🚨 EU leaders will meet at the #EUCO on 26–27 June.
🧐 Don’t let them shrink the EU’s External Action. We need strong funding for #SustainableDevelopment, #HumanRights and #PovertyReduction.
❌ No cuts to Heading 6! No merging of external instruments!
🔗 presidency.concordeurope.org?p=27253869&e...
🧐 Don’t let them shrink the EU’s External Action. We need strong funding for #SustainableDevelopment, #HumanRights and #PovertyReduction.
❌ No cuts to Heading 6! No merging of external instruments!
🔗 presidency.concordeurope.org?p=27253869&e...
➡️Close to 400 Palestinians have been killed in less than a month while attempting to access food aid.
➡️Gazans are having to make the choice between facing starvation & risking death while waiting for food.
⚠️We need an immediate end to the blockade & for humanitarians to be allowed to do their jobs.
➡️Gazans are having to make the choice between facing starvation & risking death while waiting for food.
⚠️We need an immediate end to the blockade & for humanitarians to be allowed to do their jobs.
June 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
➡️Close to 400 Palestinians have been killed in less than a month while attempting to access food aid.
➡️Gazans are having to make the choice between facing starvation & risking death while waiting for food.
⚠️We need an immediate end to the blockade & for humanitarians to be allowed to do their jobs.
➡️Gazans are having to make the choice between facing starvation & risking death while waiting for food.
⚠️We need an immediate end to the blockade & for humanitarians to be allowed to do their jobs.
"Governments have collaborated in decades of deregulation, neoliberalism, and neglect, leading to the collapse of workers’ rights. This has disenfranchised millions and paved the way for extremism, authoritarianism and the billionaire coup against democracy that now threatens democracy itself."
📢 JUST LAUNCHED: The 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index 📉#RightsIndex25
🌍 Workers’ rights are collapsing globally — with only 7 countries scoring top marks out of 151
⚠️ 87% violated the right to strike
🛑 Democracy and labour justice are under attack
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-global-...
🌍 Workers’ rights are collapsing globally — with only 7 countries scoring top marks out of 151
⚠️ 87% violated the right to strike
🛑 Democracy and labour justice are under attack
www.ituc-csi.org/ituc-global-...
Workers' rights collapse across the world: ITUC Global Rights Index 2025
Workers' rights are in free fall across every continent, according to the 2025 ITUC Global Rights Index, with Europe and the Americas recording their worst scores since the Index began in 2014. Just s...
www.ituc-csi.org
June 8, 2025 at 2:05 PM
"Governments have collaborated in decades of deregulation, neoliberalism, and neglect, leading to the collapse of workers’ rights. This has disenfranchised millions and paved the way for extremism, authoritarianism and the billionaire coup against democracy that now threatens democracy itself."
#Lebanon: 6 months after the ceasefire agreement, #Israel 's military actions and occupation of territory continue, with near-daily airstrikes and airspace violations.
The path to recovery and peace is contingent on accountability & compliance with international law.
reliefweb.int/report/leban...
The path to recovery and peace is contingent on accountability & compliance with international law.
reliefweb.int/report/leban...
Joint Statement by Humanitarian, Development, and Human Rights Organizations in Lebanon: From South to North: Ongoing Violations Must End — Ceasefire Commitments and IHL Obligations Must Be Respected ...
News and Press Release in English on Lebanon about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding, Protection and Human Rights and more; published on 28 May 2025 by AFSC, CARE and 8count other organizations
reliefweb.int
May 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
#Lebanon: 6 months after the ceasefire agreement, #Israel 's military actions and occupation of territory continue, with near-daily airstrikes and airspace violations.
The path to recovery and peace is contingent on accountability & compliance with international law.
reliefweb.int/report/leban...
The path to recovery and peace is contingent on accountability & compliance with international law.
reliefweb.int/report/leban...
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🔴PRESS RELEASE
The OECD DAC released preliminary figures on #ODA spending for 2024, and it’s not looking good for the EU.
ODA from EU Member States decreased by 8.6% and only 4 EU Member States have allocated at least 0,7% of their GNI to ODA.
🔗Read our full press release: buff.ly/qiXYxzh
The OECD DAC released preliminary figures on #ODA spending for 2024, and it’s not looking good for the EU.
ODA from EU Member States decreased by 8.6% and only 4 EU Member States have allocated at least 0,7% of their GNI to ODA.
🔗Read our full press release: buff.ly/qiXYxzh
April 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
🔴PRESS RELEASE
The OECD DAC released preliminary figures on #ODA spending for 2024, and it’s not looking good for the EU.
ODA from EU Member States decreased by 8.6% and only 4 EU Member States have allocated at least 0,7% of their GNI to ODA.
🔗Read our full press release: buff.ly/qiXYxzh
The OECD DAC released preliminary figures on #ODA spending for 2024, and it’s not looking good for the EU.
ODA from EU Member States decreased by 8.6% and only 4 EU Member States have allocated at least 0,7% of their GNI to ODA.
🔗Read our full press release: buff.ly/qiXYxzh
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📢 Join us and 570+ organisations from across the EU and beyond: call on MEPs to address unprecedented attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament and ensure that citizens’ voices are heard!
📄 Read our statement: bit.ly/3RD8Zr6
#StopAttackingNGOs #EUCivilSociety
📄 Read our statement: bit.ly/3RD8Zr6
#StopAttackingNGOs #EUCivilSociety
April 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📢 Join us and 570+ organisations from across the EU and beyond: call on MEPs to address unprecedented attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament and ensure that citizens’ voices are heard!
📄 Read our statement: bit.ly/3RD8Zr6
#StopAttackingNGOs #EUCivilSociety
📄 Read our statement: bit.ly/3RD8Zr6
#StopAttackingNGOs #EUCivilSociety
#Hungary: Withdrawal from ICC does not absolve Hungary of its legal obligation to arrest fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu.
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"This moral bankruptcy must be stopped before it spirals into further damage for the international rules-based order.”
@amnesty.org
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...
(...)
"This moral bankruptcy must be stopped before it spirals into further damage for the international rules-based order.”
@amnesty.org
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...
Hungary: Withdrawal from ICC does not absolve Hungary of its legal obligation to arrest fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu
Reacting to the news that Hungary, an International Criminal Court (ICC) member state, has welcomed Benjamin Netanyahu to the country without arrest and stated that it will withdraw from the ICC Agnès...
www.amnesty.org
April 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
#Hungary: Withdrawal from ICC does not absolve Hungary of its legal obligation to arrest fugitive Benjamin Netanyahu.
(...)
"This moral bankruptcy must be stopped before it spirals into further damage for the international rules-based order.”
@amnesty.org
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...
(...)
"This moral bankruptcy must be stopped before it spirals into further damage for the international rules-based order.”
@amnesty.org
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/pr...
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📣"Belgian #workers today protest deep cuts and the government’s refusal to tax the wealthy as needed" - Marie-Hélène Ska of @hetacv.bsky.social @lacsc.bsky.social in socialeurope.eu OpEd on "Why Belgian Workers Are Striking Today"👇 www.socialeurope.eu/why-belgian-...
March 31, 2025 at 6:57 AM
📣"Belgian #workers today protest deep cuts and the government’s refusal to tax the wealthy as needed" - Marie-Hélène Ska of @hetacv.bsky.social @lacsc.bsky.social in socialeurope.eu OpEd on "Why Belgian Workers Are Striking Today"👇 www.socialeurope.eu/why-belgian-...
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📣 #GENERALSTRIKE - 31/03/2025 - #BELGIUM - #austerity policies of the so-called #Arizona coalition risk to hurt Belgians most heavily - time to say #NO - come & join the General Strike - get prepared and check the info on our websites: www.hetacv.be www.lacsc.be www.diecsc.be
March 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📣 #GENERALSTRIKE - 31/03/2025 - #BELGIUM - #austerity policies of the so-called #Arizona coalition risk to hurt Belgians most heavily - time to say #NO - come & join the General Strike - get prepared and check the info on our websites: www.hetacv.be www.lacsc.be www.diecsc.be
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You can’t sue a rainbow 🌈
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
March 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
You can’t sue a rainbow 🌈
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
No matter what happens in any courtroom – our global intersectional climate movement will only keep growing stronger and louder 💚🌎
#WeWillNotBeSilenced
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🤝 How can CSOs use the EU #AIAct for good?
ECNL's Karolina Iwanska underscores the need to recognise the shortcomings, especially in law enforcement, migration, national security.Together we can push for stronger safeguards!
Visit #LearningCenterECNL ➡️ learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-pac...
ECNL's Karolina Iwanska underscores the need to recognise the shortcomings, especially in law enforcement, migration, national security.Together we can push for stronger safeguards!
Visit #LearningCenterECNL ➡️ learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-pac...
March 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🤝 How can CSOs use the EU #AIAct for good?
ECNL's Karolina Iwanska underscores the need to recognise the shortcomings, especially in law enforcement, migration, national security.Together we can push for stronger safeguards!
Visit #LearningCenterECNL ➡️ learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-pac...
ECNL's Karolina Iwanska underscores the need to recognise the shortcomings, especially in law enforcement, migration, national security.Together we can push for stronger safeguards!
Visit #LearningCenterECNL ➡️ learningcenter.ecnl.org/learning-pac...
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Jimmy creció en EE.UU., pero siempre supo que había nacido en Chile. Lo que no imaginaba era que su adopción escondía una historia de tráfico de bebés durante la dictadura de Pinochet. Escucha:
🌐 Web: elhilo.audio/adopcion-chile
🟢 Spotify: elhilo.audio/chile-spotify
🟣 Apple: elhilo.audio/chile-apple
🌐 Web: elhilo.audio/adopcion-chile
🟢 Spotify: elhilo.audio/chile-spotify
🟣 Apple: elhilo.audio/chile-apple
March 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Jimmy creció en EE.UU., pero siempre supo que había nacido en Chile. Lo que no imaginaba era que su adopción escondía una historia de tráfico de bebés durante la dictadura de Pinochet. Escucha:
🌐 Web: elhilo.audio/adopcion-chile
🟢 Spotify: elhilo.audio/chile-spotify
🟣 Apple: elhilo.audio/chile-apple
🌐 Web: elhilo.audio/adopcion-chile
🟢 Spotify: elhilo.audio/chile-spotify
🟣 Apple: elhilo.audio/chile-apple
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Today, @ec.europa.eu will announce new return proposals – paving the way for ‘return hubs’ or deportation centres outside the EU & widescale detention in Europe.
Unworkable, expensive and inhumane – here's why these proposals won’t work & what the EU should do instead🧵
Unworkable, expensive and inhumane – here's why these proposals won’t work & what the EU should do instead🧵
March 11, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Today, @ec.europa.eu will announce new return proposals – paving the way for ‘return hubs’ or deportation centres outside the EU & widescale detention in Europe.
Unworkable, expensive and inhumane – here's why these proposals won’t work & what the EU should do instead🧵
Unworkable, expensive and inhumane – here's why these proposals won’t work & what the EU should do instead🧵