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, such as Human Rights Observers (France) and Glocal Roots (Greece), this month’s report covers, among other things:

– Police Violence in Belgrade

– Strengthening of relationships between Frontex and Bulgaria and Bosnia-Herzegovina, among others

– Coast Guard and media framing of Search and Rescue operations at sea

– Increase in arrivals to the Greek islands and poor conditions at the Lesvos, Samos and Kos CCACs

– Vezir Mohammed Nourtani’s murder trial continues in Turkey

– MAZLUMDER report on Turkey’s Migration Administration practices

– Continued violent shore patrol tactics in Northern France

– Tragic shipwrecks at the French-British border