Joint statement: One year after the country’s takeover by the Taliban – How did Europe welcome Afghans in need of protection?

9th September 2022 | News

As civil society and Afghan diaspora organisations, we are deeply concerned about the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan and the treatment of Afghan asylum seekers and refugees in Europe. One year after the Taliban takeover, the country is in a state of...

Joint Statement: NGOs call on Member States: Agreeing on the Instrumentalisation Regulation will be the Final Blow to a COMMON European Asylum System (CEAS) in Europe

8th September 2022 | News

8 September 2022 In December 2021, the European Commission presented a proposal for a Regulation addressing situations of instrumentalisation in the field of migration and asylum. The proposal introduces a mechanism which allows Member States to derogate from their...

Report: BVMN Balkan Regional Report – July 2022

2nd September 2022 | News

The July 2022 report by Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) reveals 18 testimonies of pushbacks affecting 273 people-on-the-move (POM). The report raises alarm about both old and new trends on the Balkan route and in Greece, covering pushbacks, forcible...

Balkan Route: Systematic Pushbacks Continue Across the Balkans, Shortcomings in Croatia’s Monitoring Mechanism, Hungary Applies Double Standards in Approach to Arrivals

8th July 2022 | News

Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) latest regional update confirms that systematic pushbacks continue across the Balkans. The findings of the Croatian ‘independent’ human rights monitoring body challenged. Hungary apply double standards praising efforts for...

Balkan Route: Irregular Arrivals Increase Says Frontex, Pushbacks Continues Says UN Special Rapporteur, Hungary Exposed Family to Degrading and Inhumane Treatment Says ECtHR

17th June 2022 | News

According to the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) irregular arrivals through the Western Balkan route has seen a significant increase in the first part of 2022. Meanwhile, a recent report by the UN Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants...