Controversies in European migration policies – Granting Protection vs. Border Control

The controversy in the European migration policy around the issue of so-called "illegal entry" shows a fundamental conflict of European values: the search for protection against persecution meets high-security boundaries which make the access to protection possibilities virtually impossible. From Germany to Greece, from Austria to Italy, we investigated irregular entry and the fight against "smuggling" in the context of international, EU-European and national laws and policies.

Asyl in Not (A), borderline-sicilia (I) and borderline-europe (D), conducted within the framework of the EU program "Europe for Citizens" a research and event project from 01.10.2015 to 31.3.2017 in which this field was examined in the individual countries and the results were presented in public events.

The first event of this project was the 2nd International Tugboat and Schleusenkonference from 16 - 18 October. 2015 in the Munich Kammerspielen. (http://iss2015.eu/)

The study was published on May 18 2017. More informationa nd documentation can be found at www.crimig.wordpress.com

 

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The Mediterranean: monitoring, research, identification

borderline-europe is involved in two very different MONITORING projects:

  • In ‘Detention, illegalisation and the so-called CEAS reform in southern Italy’, the focus is on the implementation of the European Pact on Migration at the EU's external border. The project started in September 2024.
  • "Invisible" is about the situation of refugees in Sicily.
  • Mem.Med is a cooperation project between many entities that carefully focus on the people who have not made it through the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. borderline-europe supports the project through volunteers.
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Sudan: Documentation of enforced disappearances

What does the externalisation of the EU borders to Sudan have to do with the outbreak of war? With the so-called Karthoum process, the EU's external border was outsourced to Turkey and, more recently, Tunisia and Egypt. In Sudan, the closure of the borders was made possible by dictator El Bashir and his accomplice Hemetti.

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Externalisation of EU Migration Policy

Modern border control no longer takes place at the barrier. Externalisation of the EU's external borders means outsourcing control via pushbacks, pullbacks and visa refusals, and is always associated with the use of force and a lot of money for the respective governments.In future, even asylum applications will be processed in closed centres. Here are our articles on restrictions on freedom of movement and border fortifications.

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Central Mediterranean Info

borderline-europe started in March 2019 to put together information about the situation in the Central Mediterranean Sea for internal research reasons. ISome of the data are published here and on our social media channels.

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Digital Exhibition

Voices of 15 people on the EU borders:They are fleeing, they have already come a long way, they want to go to Europe, to a safe place, to a place where human rights apply —but then suddenly they can't move any further.

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Criminalization of Migration & Solidarity in Italy

The collective attempt of shutting down borders of the EU takes place by numerous means of deterrence to prevent people from seeking safety in Europe. The criminalisation of people on the move is part of it.A project in cooperation with UNITED4RESCUE

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