Europe’s Broken Promise: From Open Camps to High-Tech Prisons
Starting in Greece, Europe’s ‘migration management’ system treats people on the move as criminals, steals their dignity and normalizes high-tech surveillance and movement restriction.
Category: Borders & Migration
ICE Agent Falsely Accused Federal Defender of Helping Client Evade Arrest and Deportation
A Minnesota judge apologized to a federal public defender after an ICE agent falsely accused the defender of 'aiding and abetting' a client to evade arrest and deportation.
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‘Icepick’ Leak Exposes Thousands of Homeland Security Personnel, Groups and More
Around one-fifth of Homeland Security's personnel are exposed, with thousands groups, office locations, and much, much more.
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Greek Trials Turn Migrants Into ‘Smugglers’ and Minors Into Adults
Crete’s courts are convicting shipwrecked people on the move as “smugglers” in trials lasting minutes, with lawyers documenting minors registered as adults and sentences reaching hundreds of years.
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Historic Trees Demolished, Land Defenders Arrested and New Treesit at US-Mexico Border
In the early hours of October 5, Border Patrol agents raided the anti-border camp on the U.S.-Mexico Border, arrested land defenders and cut down historic trees before a treesit was re-established the next day.
Waging Peace in a Time of War in Thailand and Cambodia
The fog of war has not fully dissipated from the mountains and dense forests of Cambodia and Thailand’s borderlands, well over a year after the two nations became ensnared in deadly clashes. It is still unclear who fired the first shot, although both governments blame…
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A Failed Reception System in Crete Turns People on the Move Into Political Targets
Villagers in Crete are fighting the government’s plan to convert a disused factory into a reception center for people on the move, escalating a monthslong standoff that pits xenophobic backlash against an increasingly securitized European border regime.