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, 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:

– EU boosts border tech in Serbia and Bulgaria

– Vehicle crash at the Serbian-Bulgarian border

– Situation within camps in Sarajevo, Samos and Lesvos

– Boat chases in the Aegean

– Mass leak of personal of Syrian people in Turkey

– Evictions around Paris in the run-up to the Olympics

– Deaths and disappearances in the Aegean

• Increasing risks and rising number of deaths at the UK-French border