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, Greece, Turkey and Poland including Rigardu, Mobile Info Team, Collective Aid, Blindspots, Pushback Alarm Austria, I Have Rights, Center for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria, Mission Wings, We Are Monitoring, InfoPark, Legal Centre Lesvos and Human Rights Observers. Combining insights from these different members and other partners, such as Glocal Roots (Greece), this month’s report covers, among other things:

• Serbian government use of sound weapon against protesters
• Closures in Borići camp in Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Legislative changes in Poland: suspension of the right to seek asylum and its immediate effects
• Crisis in Greek pre-removal detention: death and protests
• Official number of pushbacks, arrivals and apprehensions in the Aegean seem unreliable
• Detention and deportation of foreign journalists and other public figures in relation to recent protests
• Police violence inside and outside of evictions in Northern France