Over 3,000 pages, the Black Book of Pushbacks maps the systematic violence at EU borders.
These are not sporadic incidents caused by a “few bad apples”, this is a “rotten orchard”.
Find out more and read the testimonies 👉🏽 https://left.eu/issues/publications/black-book-of-pushbacks-2022/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600664083455692801
@kostarvanitis @MalinBjork_EU @ClareDalyMEP @ErnstCornelia @ASPelletier @sirarego @MiguelUrban @Border_Violence Thousands of people are facing “an unprecedented rise in violence” at EU borders, including beatings, forced undressing and sexual assaults.
“The right to asylum is seriously under attack” - @ErnstCornelia MEP.
via @JenniferMerode / @guardian https://www.theguardian.com/law/2022/dec/08/migrants-face-unprecedented-rise-in-violence-in-eu-borders-report-finds
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600747074689331200
@kostarvanitis @MalinBjork_EU @ClareDalyMEP @ErnstCornelia @ASPelletier @sirarego @MiguelUrban @Border_Violence @JenniferMerode @guardian « La nouvelle édition du “Livre noir” montre clairement la violence que subissent encore chaque jour les femmes, les hommes et les enfants en déplacement aux frontières extérieures et intérieures de l’UE » @ErnstCornelia.
via @Phjacque / @lemondefr https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2022/12/08/dans-un-second-livre-noir-des-refoulements-des-ong-alertent-sur-les-violences-contre-les-migrants-aux-frontieres-de-l-ue_6153432_3210.html
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600750244542656515
The mounting evidence documented in the Black Book of Pushbacks clearly shows that the legal case for infringement action to be taken by the Commission is there.
Read more in our press release 👉🏽https://left.eu/25000-violent-pushbacks-at-eu-borders-documented-in-the-black-book/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600756214513561600
🔴Starting soon: The Black Book of Pushbacks launch
🗓️Thursday, 8 December
⏲️10.30
🏢SPAAK 0A50
📺Watch live and ask questions 👉🏽 https://ep.interactio.eu/66e2-hy1p-1w4u
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600770288177725440
@ErnstCornelia @Border_Violence @kostarvanitis @MalinBjork_EU @MiguelUrban @ASPelletier @ClareDalyMEP @sirarego @IzquierdaUnida @SyrizaI Migrants trying to reach 🇪🇺 are now almost always subjected to some form of violence by authorities.
"This is the tip of the iceberg, there are hundreds of thousands of stories that we have not heard" - Hope Barker from @Border_Violence.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600807293016109061
@ErnstCornelia @Border_Violence @kostarvanitis @MalinBjork_EU @MiguelUrban @ASPelletier @ClareDalyMEP @sirarego @IzquierdaUnida @SyrizaI @AliceTidey @NoNameKitchen1 @blindspots_ev @JosoorNet @areyousyrious @CMSZagreb @mobileinfoteam @teammareliberum @europeanleft @HRW_Brussels El libro negro de las devoluciones.
Un informe de La Izquierda en el Parlamento Europeo documenta 25.000 devoluciones violentas en las fronteras de la UE.
via @andresgil / @eldiarioes
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600824558432706560
@ErnstCornelia @Border_Violence @kostarvanitis @MalinBjork_EU @MiguelUrban @ASPelletier @ClareDalyMEP @sirarego @IzquierdaUnida @SyrizaI @AliceTidey @NoNameKitchen1 @blindspots_ev @JosoorNet @areyousyrious @CMSZagreb @mobileinfoteam @teammareliberum @europeanleft @HRW_Brussels @andresgil @eldiarioes @IUEuropa @EuroPodemos @EP_Justice The Black Book documents how almost 25,000 people were beaten, kicked, humiliated & arbitrarily detained before being illegally pushe…
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600825299452588033
“The evidence we collected in the Black Book of Pushbacks shows that there is a systematic violation of human rights along the EU’s external borders” - @ErnstCornelia MEP at the Black Book launch event.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600841673948672001
“When we published the first Black Book, we promised to write new ones until the culture of impunity around border violence ends”-Hope Barker from @Border_Violence.
Pushbacks are illegal. We will continue to fight against them and to publish these books until this violence ends.
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600851407988563968
“If we take the example of Croatia, a champion of pushbacks, it is an estimate that 6 people are being pushed back every hour” - Milena Zajovič from @Border_Violence.
“Some of them have been pushed back 10, 20, 30 times. Numerous lives have been lost in these political games.”
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600854487945469953
@EU_Commission @Border_Violence @InsideOCB @seawatch_intl @ErnstCornelia @ClareDalyMEP @kostarvanitis @sirarego @SyrizaI @MiguelUrban @ASPelletier “We are beyond the point of denying that pushbacks exist. We have video evidence. We have footage, we have medical reports & over 1,000 testimonies” Hope Barker from @Border_Violence.
via @POLITICOEurope https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-countries-more-violent-migrant-report/
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600905178445934597
@EU_Commission @Border_Violence @InsideOCB @seawatch_intl @ErnstCornelia @ClareDalyMEP @kostarvanitis @sirarego @SyrizaI @MiguelUrban @ASPelletier @POLITICOEurope European Commission slammed for not triggering infringement procedures against countries who engage in pushbacks.
@ErnstCornelia says the EU should cut funds for countries that carry out illegal pushbacks.
via @NikolajNielsen https://euobserver.com/migration/156522
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600905638770487296
The evidence collected in the Black Book of Pushbacks shows the systematic nature of the violence at Europe’s borders against people on the move.
This needs to stop.
Join us in demanding the @EU_Commission to stop border violence impunity 👇
https://act.left.eu/stoppushbacks
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/Left_EU/status/1600880997658398720