BVMN Monthly Report - July 2025: Shelter

This is the second of a series of thematic reports, where we look into overarching themes affecting people on the move across Europe.

This report looks into the topic of shelter, and the difficulties people on the move face in different European countries in accessing it. From France to Greece, from Serbia to Bosnia, this report sheds light on how state authorities fail to provide access to this most basic human right.

BVMN is a network of watchdog organisations active in the Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Poland and France 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, Human Rights Observers and Calais Food Collective. Combining insights from these different members and other partners, such as Glocal Roots (Greece), this month’s report covers, among other things:

• Closing of Krnjača camp and conditions in Obrenovac camp, in Serbia
• Closure of Borici and conditions in Lipa Temporary Reception Centre, in Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Eviction order from the Greek Ministry of Migration and Asylum
• Housing situation in the Samos, Kos and Lesvos CCACs
• Discrimination and hostility in the housing sector in Turkey
• Zero point of fixation policy in France