Bulletin 5
"Fortress Europe does more than simply leaving people destitute and repelling them at its walls: Fortress Europe kills. None of this is accidental or simply unfortunate; these policies are systemic and systematic, and condone deaths. Since the EU knowingly and willingly accepts these deaths, this is clearly not a humanitarian issue but a political catastrophe.”
- Pia Klemp
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Editorial: old wine, old bottles – new glasses?
Analysis: Violence at a distance: Frontex’s increasing role outside the EU
The EU tries to keep ‘unwanted’ people out by outsourcing border control to non-EU states. Frontex, the EU’s border agency, play a key role in a “web of violent deterrence” that is deeply-rooted in Europe’s colonial past. Every year, the agency publishes a report on its work in and with non-EU states. The latest edition demonstrates how its role has expanded, whilst glossing over or ignoring human rights violations.
Thematic and regional developments
Brief summaries of the 30+ documents published with this edition of the bulletin.
Jurisprudence updates
Updates on jurisprudence relevant to the externalisation of border and immigration controls. Provided by the Refugee Law Initiative Working Group on Externalisation.
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