BVMN Monthly Report - February 2026

April 21, 2026

Monthly Reports

This report brings together information 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, Poland and France including Rigardu, Mobile Info Team, Collective Aid, Blindspots, I Have Rights, Center for Legal Aid – Voice in Bulgaria, Mission Wings, We Are Monitoring, InfoPark, Legal Centre Lesvos, Human Rights Observers and Calais Food Collective. Combining insights from these different members and other partners, such as Glocal Roots and borderline-europe, this month’s report covers, among other things:

• New EU Regulation on safe-third countries
• Closure of the Ušivak TRC
• Testimonies of border violence in Bulgaria
• Hunger strike in Oinofyta camp
• Talks on Return Hubs continue
• Construction of new detention centres in Crete
• Return of large-scale evictions in Grand-Synthe
• Update on illegal pushbacks and pullbacks in the Mediterranean
•  Europe's borders continue to kill: in the Central Mediterranean, the Aegean Sea, the Croatian-Bosnian border