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Outsourcing Borders: Bulletin 11
“History has failed us, but no matter.” – Min Jin Lee, Pachinko This bulletin is also available in… Read More
US sanctions against Palestinian groups must be immediately withdrawn, say 80 organisations
United States sanctions against three Palestinian human rights organisations have been condemned by 80 organisations, including Statewatch. The US government has frozen the financial assets of Al-Haq, Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. Organisations subject to US jurisdiction are prevented from engaging in transactions with them. The open letter calls on the US government to "immediately rescind the sanctions." Read More
EU wants more transparency in implementation of new global cybercrime convention
The UN Convention on Cybercrime was adopted on 24 December 2024. Signatory states must introduce a range of criminal offences related to cybercrime, as well as powers for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of those offences. Rules of procedure will set out mechanisms for oversight and monitoring of the Convention, but a draft set of rules has been criticised by civil society groups for their “weak procedures”. An EU paper calls for improvements. Read More
EU Expands Migration Control Partnership with Ivory Coast
News Ghana, 9 October 2025. Read More
Slovenia demands EU reponse to US attacks on judicial indepencence and the rule of law
The Slovenian government wants EU justice and interior ministers to discuss "how to protect the international rule of law and justice system" in the face of "continued targeting of international judicial and human rights mandate holders by U.S. sanctions." A document obtained by Statewatch requests a discussion at the Justice and Home Affairs Council meeting next week. Read More
Border externalisation: Documents reveal ongoing efforts to outsource immigration control
The latest issue of our bulletin on EU border externalisation policies includes: updates and documents on the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Balkan 'routes'; priorities for Ethiopia and Somalia; member state comments on the "safe third country" and "safe country of origin" proposals; and much more. Read More
Outsourcing Borders: Bulletin 10
“To begin with optimism, and once the inadequacy of optimism is borne in by an inevitably hostile world, to retreat… Read More
Franco-British “one in, one out” deal condemned as absurd and dangerous
British and French organisations, including Statewatch, have denounced the "one in, one out" deal between the French and British governments. The deal is ostensibly aimed at limiting unauthorised migration across the Channel/La Manche. The statement, published in Le Monde, highlights the dangerous consequences for migrants' rights. Read More
Annual activity report 2024
Seeking optimism in troubling times Read More
EU deportation proposals: the member states sink to new depths
A new compromise text for the upcoming deportation Regulation was recently circulated by the Danish presidency of the Council of the EU. Alongside two other legal proposals currently under discussion, the deportation Regulation forms the legal basis for the EU’s plan to increase deportations, in particular by forging new ‘Euro-Rwanda’ deportation schemes. The latest text makes even more cuts to safeguards and protections. Read More