An unholy coalition between EPP and extreme right just adopted a law enabling ICE-style structures and deportations. A step closer to a dystopian, Trump-inspired deportation policy.
A big step away from a fair, humane and efficient migration system. I urge the EPP to rethink before the plenary vote.
"Migrant families and minors could end up jailed for two years under new deportation rule..The vote on the return regulation on Monday (9 March) in the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee also sets the legal stage for likely deportation facilities abroad."
euobserver.com/206195/eu-mo...
🇬🇷 "A Coast Guard officer convicted of migrant-smuggling."
Justice at work!
www.ekathimerini.com/news/1297634...
Shedding light on hidden detention sites with #DetentionLandscapes. 1️⃣ Corinth:
➡️built in 2012 on a former military camp, 1hr from Athens
➡️largest immigration detention centre in Greece
➡️detains men who are undocumented/asylum seekers
➡️ criticised for poor conditions, overcrowding, ill-treatment
Groups of Vietnamese workers seeking employment in European countries exchange information on WhatsApp about the working conditions they encounter. “Never come to Greece. It’s the worst country,” they warn. “Low wages, terrible conditions.” www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/soc...
Checking your ex’s socials or overusing ‘find my friends’? Welcome to the age of interpersonal surveillance
"Greece's #Asylum Service is preparing to temporarily suspend the issuance and delivery of asylum decisions
for Iranians."
www.efsyn.gr/ellada/dikai...
"A Greek court sentenced four people, including two Israelis, to prison today over a major wiretapping scandal involving the illegal use of spyware to target politicians, business leaders and journalists."
bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/pred...
Deaths at Europe’s borders and seas ‘normalised’ and pushed out of sight, suggest reports
Greece must stop the judicial harassment and intimidation of migrant rights defenders.
On 5 February 2026, the Greek parliament passed the new amendments to the migration code, which further criminalise and undermine the work of migrant rights defenders"
www.frontlinedefenders.org/en/statement...
More than 600 people have died trying to cross Mediterranean in 2026.
EU measures its #migration policy success by fewer arrivals, so dead bodies are irrelevant to a politic that is blind to the deterrance crimes at sea
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Now public: letter to #Greece on the new law on migration, outlining its incompatibility with international human rights law & its impact on people defending the rights of migrants. [1/2]
srdefenders.org/greece-analy...
"Across Europe, thousands of Palestinians who have been recognized as #refugees are waiting for administrative decisions to be implemented that allow them to be reunited with their families."
miir.gr/palestinioi-...
"Five dead #migrants have so far been recovered from the sea south of Crete 🇬🇷 while dozens more are missing after a refugee shipwreck that occurred early Saturday morning."
Are these random tragedies or part of a policy of migration deterance?
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Heraklion, Crete: Sentenced to 295 Years and 4.2 million Euros - Appeal trial of Mario Fillip on 16.2.26 FreeTheBoys in the back, you can see a young man from the back sitting in his prison cell.
⭕ On Monday, 16 February 2026, 21-year-old Mario Fillip from Sudan will have his appeal trial in Heraklion, Crete.
Mario was sentenced in first instance on 06 March 2025 to 295 years in prison and a €2.4 million fine! Why? Because he fled Sudan, survived Libya, and arrived in Greece by boat. 1/7
A criminal investigation has been opened for the tragic #Refugee shipwreck off #Chios 🇬🇷
The HCG narrative is falling apart, the post mortum evidence and survivor witness testimonies point to the coast guard who rammed the dinghy killing
15 people.
www.reuters.com/world/autops...
"Avramidis asked whether the Greek Coast Guard operation against the #migrants constituted a rescue mission or a deterrence operation. The distinction is legally significant, as deterrence operations & pushbacks against vessels already in 🇬🇷 territorial waters are prohibited under international law"
"The presumption of innocence, fair trial and the independence of the judiciary are non-negotiable, even when society is charged." The stated response by the defense Lawyer to the 🇬🇷 Minister of Migration
The recent tragic #Chios shipwreck, were 15 people died, has ignited public protests against the official 🇬🇷 narrative of events & the HCG playbook. State officials are responding by targeting NGOs, Reporters, & the defense attorneys who are representing the accused migrant boat driver in the case.
It's not often we get to report on hopeful news
Alaa Hamoudi won in the EU's top court against Frontex! This opens doors for many survivors of Frontex pushbacks.
@bdeeb.bsky.social tells how he reported on Alaa's case back in 2020 with @bellingcat.com. And how this evidence ended up in court.
Offshoring & Outsourcing is a political correct way of saying that the EU is going to make money deals for new surveillance detention warehouses for masses of displaced people. This will remove any legal guard rails remaining for "safe" asylum processing, refoulment, forced returns, & human rights .
"The EU regulation now states that #asylumseekers can be transferred to virtually any country in the world, provided there is an agreement or an arrangement in place with an EU state & that the country is considered "safe".
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
"Offshoring" and "outsourcing" of asylum systems isn't new. We have plenty of data to show how incredibly harmful it is, including increasing human trafficking. Basically, it leaves be stranded in countries where they have no links, and often don't speak the language
www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
"Avramidis asked whether the Greek Coast Guard operation against the #migrants constituted a rescue mission or a deterrence operation. The distinction is legally significant, as deterrence operations & pushbacks against vessels already in 🇬🇷 territorial waters are prohibited under international law"
Survivors dispute Greek coastguard account of fatal migrant shipwreck - www.reuters.com/world/surviv... The coastguard did not respond to requests for comment. It has previously denied allegations of illegal practices.
The flag of Greece flying in the wind against a blue sky background.
Extremely concerned by the proposed immigration bill in #Greece which will only further demonise civil society & in the country & criminalise the defence of migrants' rights, placing Greece in violation of its international human rights obligations.
Migration Fatalities fall across EU as a whole: according to UNHCR data. This drop was evident across all routes with the exception of the Eastern Mediterranean route.
