SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF PUSHBACKS AND INTERNAL VIOLENCE DOCUMENTED BY BVMN DURING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER
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.
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, Center for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria and Mission Wings. Combining insights from these different members and other partners, such as Human Rights Observers (France) and Glocal Roots (Greece), this month’s report covers, among other things:
– Snowstorm and emergency evacuation from Lipa camp
– Frontex expansion and externalisation of EU borders in Bosnia-Herzegovina
– New report on migration detention in Austria
– Yearly overview of shipwrecks, arrivals and pushbacks in the Aegean
– UN criticizes Greece for failing to identify survivors of a trafficking ring on Samos
– Government Apprehension and Deportation Statistics in Turkey for 2024
– Developments in Syria and returns from Turkey
– “Calais Group Priority Plan” and the deadliest year in the Channel
