2019

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01 August 2019

GREECE: Gov't council decides on seven measures to respond to migration crisis

"Responding to a spike in migrant arrivals from neighboring Turkey, the government’s Council for Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) has decided on seven measures to ease the pressure on the Aegean islands and curb the influx. (...)

01 August 2019

Greece resumes migrants deportations to Turkey

Greece says it is restarting deportations of migrants to Turkey in an effort to deal with the increasing number of illegal crossings in recent weeks (...)

01 August 2019

GREECE: 547 migrants land on Lesvos in largest single-day arrival since 2015-2016

Thirteen boats with 547 migrants arrived at the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos from the Turkish coast on Thursday afternoon, in what is the largest number of arrivals in one day since the migration crisis of 2015-2016, local media reported on Friday.

31 July 2019

“Video lie detector” for travelers: Patrick Breyer sues EU for keeping the iBorderCtrl project secret

"The EU is funding the development of a “video lie detector” to detect deception by immigrants through video recordings of their faces. "

29 July 2019

UK: Evening Standard comment: Our security alliances are more important than ever

"Away from the glare of attention focused on the new Prime Minister and his plans for Brexit, an important security summit begins in London today"

29 July 2019

EU gives Greece blimp to monitor migrants

"Authorities say European Union border agency Frontex has provided the Greek coast guard with a crewless blimp to help combat illegal immigration and to augment search and rescue operations in the eastern Aegean Sea."

29 July 2019

Migrants: contacts with states on Gregoretti - EU Germany says it is available to host some

"A European Commission spokesperson, speaking about the coast guard ship Bruno Gregoretti, said that ''following Italy's request'' for a refugee redistribution plan, the Commission ''has started contacts to support and coordinate all those member states who intend to take part in efforts of solidarity concerning the migrants on board'', who are 140. ''These contacts are still ongoing'', the spokesman added."

29 July 2019

UK: Anti-Deportation Activists Are Blocking Coaches to Charter Flights

"We watched Reclaim the Power members blockade the depot of a coach company that transports people due to be deported on charter flights."

29 July 2019

UK surveillance legal judgement is a blow to journalists & press freedom (NUJ)

Working with the human rights organisation Liberty, the NUJ intervened in the judicial review of the UK's Investigatory Powers Act 2016. The case has been lost today in the High Court.

28 July 2019

Protesters in Poland condemn attack on LGBT march

"Left-wing parties have held a rally in the Polish city of Bialystok against homophobia. An LGBT rights march in the city last week came under attack from far-right groups."

27 July 2019

Police kicks foreign passenger at Athens International Airport (video)

"Greek police has ordered an urgent internal investigation into an incident where a police officers kicks a foreign passenger at the Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos."

26 July 2019

Five Eyes in the Library of Babel

"The Five Eyes, an intelligence-sharing arrangement between the US, the UK, Canada, New Zealand and Australia, owes its foundations to World War II. Significantly, cooperation started by sharing intelligence on foreign communications—through interception, collection and analysis, and associated cryptographic tools."

26 July 2019

We Tested Europe’s New Lie Detector for Travelers — and Immediately Triggered a False Positive

"They call it the Silent Talker. It is a virtual policeman designed to strengthen Europe’s borders, subjecting travelers to a lie detector test before they are allowed to pass through customs.""

 

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