More repression at the Morocco-Spain border. After dozens of deaths, now sentences for those who tried to cross the border en masse
A group of 13 migrants who tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla on 24 June was sentenced on Wednesday to two and a half years in prison by a Moroccan court. The defendants’ lawyer was unable to specify the nature of the charges. On 19 July, 33 other migrants had already been sentenced.…
More money to divide and kill: how the EU made Morocco its ‘privileged partner
News of 17/08 – Infomigrants More money to divide and kill: how the EU made Morocco its ‘privileged partner Almost 500 million euros: this is the sum that the European Union will pay to Morocco to ‘combat illegal immigration’. This is a further step forward in the collaboration between Europe and the Kingdom, which for…
Val Roya. Another murder by the police, another violence for the border.
Publushed on 19 juin on mars-info.org On 16 June 2022, a man died as a result of a head injury caused by a police shooting. The underlying reason was that there were undocumented people in the vehicle and the driver refused to comply. Police kill, border too On 16 June 2022, a man died as…
Niger: riots in the UNHCR centre in Agadez. A UN partner office and police headquarters burnt down. 27 year old Sudanese boy dies in the clashes
During clashes between refugees and gendarmes, a 27 year old Sudanese man was killed on Wednesday 25 May in the UNHCR centre in Agadez, Niger. Apparently, early in the morning, gendarmes arrived in the camp to identify a person suspected of killing two cows belonging to a neighbouring Nigerian cattle farmer. It is still unclear…
At least 600 people died crossing the Mediterranean in the first three months of 2022
At least 600 people went missing in the first three months of 2022. This is according to the IOM, (International Organisation for Migration). Knowing their reputation, we can assume that there are many, many more. This is still the highest figure since 2014. People continue to drown in the waters of the Mediterranean Sea as…
DENMARK OUTSOURCES PRISON FOR FOREIGN DETAINEES IN KOSOVO
They externalise borders. They externalise the prisons. They push away the immigrants, they push away the undesirables. Those who do not serve the system, the ‘useless’, the damned of the earth. Out of sight, out of mind. Differentiate, select, punish. This is Danish policy, in line with European policy. But which has now taken a…
War Drums. Green light to strengthen Frontex in Switzerland
Published in No Cpr Torino – 16/05/2022 On 15 May, the referendum on the financing of Frontex was held in Switzerland. Without any surprises, it was confirmed that the Swiss Confederation will participate in the project to strengthen Frontex, the European border and coast guard agency that tries to control and manage migration flows in…
FROM UK TO DENMARK: EXTERNALISATION OF ASYLUM CLAIMS TO RWANDA
On 14 April 2022, the United Kingdom, in the person of Home Secretary Priti Patel, signed an agreement with Rwanda, the ‘Migration and Economic Development Partnership‘. That is: money and investment in return for the outsourcing of thousands of asylum applications. 120 million pounds per year (about 144 million euros) will be paid by the…
Spotless and Fearless. On the Resignation of the Frontex Director
published on No Cpr Torino – 14/05/2022 Frontex Director Fabrice Leggeri, head of the EU border control agency since 2015, has resigned. Leggeri is replaced by deputy director Aija Kalnaja “with immediate effect”. The decision, reads the agency’s note, was taken during an extraordinary meeting on 28 and 29 April, convened “in the light of…
Ventimiglia: trials end, border violence continues
by – Presidio permanente No Borders – Ventimiglia In the coming months, the trial, which began in June 2019, for the 2015 occupation of the Balzi Rossi pine forest, a few steps from the border between Ventimiglia and Menton, will come to an end in the court of Imperia. In the summer of 2015, the…