Shootings, Torture and Push-Backs at the Borders News about people being shot by Greek border guards on the Greek-Turkish land … More
Category: EU-Turkey Deportation Regime
This section provides background information about the EU-Turkey deportation regime, ranging from information on involved actors, procedures, facilities, infrastructure and financial flows.
“Business as usual” New Awarded Contract for “passenger transfer services”
“Business as usual” New Awarded Contract for “passenger transfer services” In November 2019, Frontex awarded another contract for what they … More
Refugee Incarceration on Kos Island – The Greek Plans Become Reality: Children and Families Imprisoned Behind NATO-Wire
“Please help us, we are locked up in a prison here, you can’t imagine how it looks like. There are … More
Suspension of EU-Turkey Deal and Mass Deportations from Turkey
Turkey started mass expulsion of Syrians and at the same time refuses to take back migrants from Greece under the … More
The war against smuggling – Incarcerating the marginalized
V.H. The following short report is based on data collected by the organization Christian Peacemaker Teams Lesvos (CPT-Lesvos) who has … More
Surrendered to Harmandalı Removal Prison – How EU policies lead to expulsion and maltreatment of migrants deported to Turkey
Under the EU-Turkey Deal, people whose asylum claims have been rejected or declared as inadmissible are deported back to Turkey. … More
Arbitrary Detention on Arrival – A Critique of Migrant Incarceration on Lesvos Island
The Procedure of Arrests Upon Arrival Since 2016, some people arriving to Lesvos have been detained immediately after they reach the island. … More
Ongoing Criminalization of Refugee Protests – Upcoming trials against migrants on Lesvos
The criminalization of refugees protesting for their rights on Lesvos Island continues. In April 2018, 32 people from the Moria … More
Deportation as Business Model
Deportation as a Business Model The European Border and Coast Guard Agency, better known as Frontex, supports the operational implementation … More
Infrastructure of Deportations
We just published our first blogpost about the EU-Turkey deportation regime. In this post we briefly illustrate the different phases … More