Border budgets and beneficiaries – after the EP elections
[Presentation at an online migration and asylum workshop for journalists, organised by TNI, EU Scream and Investigate Europe, 10 July 2024] I…
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Grensmilitarisering
De lobby van de wapen- en security industrie heeft grote invloed op het Europees grensbeveiligingsbeleid. Migranten en vluchtelingen worden als veiligheidsprobleem gedefinieerd, waartegen militaire middelen moeten worden ingezet. Dezelfde bedrijven die wapens leveren aan landen in oorlog en aan mensenrechtenschenders, waardoor nog meer mensen worden gedwongen te vluchten, profiteren van de militarisering van grenzen.
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Europa: liever grensbewaking dan klimaatbeleid
[Bijdrage aan Klimaatkrant] De zomer van 2023 werd getekend door extreem weer, bosbranden en overstromingen in veel landen, nauw samenhangend met de…
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Border profiteers: arms industry and migration
(presentation at the No Border Camp in Groningen (The Netherlands), 24 August 2023 – workshop with TNI)
Today, wel will talk about…
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How the EU has used the war in Ukraine to expand its border regime
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, more than 13 million people have been forcibly displaced from their homes in…
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Border externalisation – an update
Presentation at the debate ‘Out of sight, out of mind: the EU’s policy of externalising borders‘ – The Left, European Parliament, Brussels,…
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Rotterdam hosts Frontex conference on virtual wall
On 18 and 19 October 2022 the Royal Marechaussee, the Dutch military police, will host a Conference on the Entry/Exit System in…
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Global Climate Wall; How the world’s wealthiest nations prioritise borders over climate action
(Nederlands onderaan) This report finds that the world’s biggest emitters of green house gases are spending, on average, 2.3 times as much…
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Frontex awards €84.5 million in aerial surveillance contracts
At the beginning of August the EU published two new contract award notices for aerial surveillance services for Frontex, worth €84.5 million.…
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European arms exports, militarisation and borders
[Introduction during online session ‘Counting the Money’ during the Alternative Security Conference of DiEM25, 27 April 2021]
EU arms exports
The countries of the…
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Outsourcing Oppression: How Europe externalises migrant detention beyond its shores
(Nederlands onderaan) This report seeks to join the dots between Europe’s outsourcing of migrant detention to third countries and the notoriously poor…
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