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 crossing borders. It also includes general updates and insights from advocacy actions taken by members of the network and other allied organisations.

BVMN is a network of watchdog organisations active in the Balkans and Greece including Rigardu, Are You Syrious, Mobile Info Team, InfoKolpa, Collective Aid, Blindspots, Pushback Alarmphone Austria, I Have Rights, PIC, Center for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria and Mission Wings. Combining insights from these different members and other partners, this month’s report covers, among other things:

– Deaths and disappearances in the Aegean and the English Channel

– European torture delegation visits Greece but misses key detention sites in the north

– Increase in registrations and pushbacks in Lesvos

– Situation in the Lesvos and Samos CCAC

– Testimonies from Detention Centres in Turkey

– The continued closure of state reception facilities in Northern Serbia

– Changes in the Balkan route: increase of people in Bosnia-Herzegovina

– Evictions and police violence in Calais

– Controversial agreement between Italy and Albania approved by the Italian Chamber of Deputies