March
A transition for Statewatch
In this video interview, Chris Jones and Alamara Khwaja Bettum discuss Statewatch's past, present and future. They review Chris's last 15 years of Statewatch and his thoughts on the current and future state of politics, civil liberties and activism.
Frontex's European blackmail over migrants’ ‘voluntary’ returns
With a 22,900% increase in so-called 'voluntary' returns over the last six years, and a budget in excess of €1 billion, Frontex is fast becoming the protagonist in Europe's border control policy
EU border externalisation: updates for Iraq and Bangladesh
Two 'action files' obtained by Statewatch update European government ministers on the state of counter-migration spending and projects in Bangladesh and Iraq. Both countries were recently reported by the EU to be cooperating more on deportations of their citizens from Europe, and these 'action files' reveal considerable effort from the EU to further restrict migration.
Border externalisation: how to make people deport themselves
The latest issue of our bulletin on EU border externalisation policies includes: how EU member states want Frontex to expand its control in non-EU countries; the Council thinking out loud about how to pressure people into deporting themselves; and the EU wants to reassert control in the Sahel.
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