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Ten years of fortress Europe has served only cruelty, profiteers and racists. The next decade is up to us | Maurice Stierl

Migration crisis narratives in Europe have been sustained for a decade, fueling border militarization, a booming border-industrial complex, and rising far-right and centrist anti-migrant policies.

fromwww.theguardian.com

2 months ago

Border security officers sent to Balkans to disrupt people-smuggling networks

British border security officers have been deployed to the Balkans for the first time in an effort to disrupt the networks smuggling migrants into the UK. Officers have been sent to develop new ways of working with Frontex, the EU's border agency, to track down and arrest people-smugglers operating along key routes into western Europe. As part of the initiative, UK officers are training border guards across the western Balkans to use British-made drones and biometric tracking systems to track migrants.

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fromenglish.elpais.com

5 months ago

For years, the EU's border agency illegally transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol

Frontex collected and illegally transferred personal data of over 13,000 migrants to Europol, violating legal safeguards and criminalizing migrants.

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Ten years of fortress Europe has served only cruelty, profiteers and racists. The next decade is up to us | Maurice Stierl

Border security officers sent to Balkans to disrupt people-smuggling networks

For years, the EU's border agency illegally transferred data on migrants and activists to Europol

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