SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS OF PUSHBACKS AND INTERNAL VIOLENCE DOCUMENTED BY BVMN DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER
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.
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:
– Increase of violence at the border in BiH
– Detention of Syrian activist Adem Maarastawi in Turkey
– Crisis in the Greek reception system
– Humiliating provision of food in the Samos CCAC
– European Commission’s Pilot Project in Bulgaria
– Violent eviction and mass fingerprinting in Serbia
– Pushbacks at the German-Austrian border
