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🆕 #THREAD: On April 5, the European Court of Human Rights handed down a negative judgement on claims regarding the alleged pushback of approximately 1,500 asylum seekers into Greece via North Macedonia in 2016.
@Malichudis and @yuhsiang_wangTW report.
@Malichudis and @yuhsiang_wangTW report.
The case regards incidents that took place in March 2016, and offers an insight into the shift that would come in migration management within the continent.
As countries in the #Balkans began sealing off their borders with fences...
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As countries in the #Balkans began sealing off their borders with fences...
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... #Idomeni, a small Greek village near the border with North Macedonia, became crowded with thousands of stranded asylum seekers who had to sleep in the open for weeks.
On March 14, 2016, approximately 1,500 asylum seekers entered North Macedonia on foot.
On March 14, 2016, approximately 1,500 asylum seekers entered North Macedonia on foot.
I’d love to be just glad about all the help for refugees from #Ukraine all over Europe right now but I just can’t. Being involved in the movement against border violence since 2015, I am watching this and I want to scream. A thread. 1/6
In 2015 I witnessed how teargas was shot on people fleeing the war in Syria in #Idomeni. I saw fascist groups “protecting” the borders in Poland and other countries of the Balkans. 2/6
Alan Kurdi has been only one of thousands who drowned and for a second it seems like civil society cared. But instead of opening the borders and create a safe passage to Europe, #Frontex got their budget increased and the EU Turkey Deal got implemented. 3/6
