Thursday, December 08, 2022

'Black Book of Pushbacks': 'Culture of impunity' across Europe over violence against migrants'

Issued on: 08/12/2022 

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Video by: Yuka ROYER

As EU ministers discuss whether to allow the bloc's newest members into the Schengen zone, a coalition of NGOs has published a report detailing how thousands of migrants and asylum seekers are facing an "unprecedented rise in violence" at the EU's border. The 3000-plus page "Black Book of Pushbacks", compiled by the Border Violence Monitoring Network, says the documented cases of violence are not sporadic actions - that they stem from "Europe-wide systems that have been reinforced from the very top".






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