The Human Cost of Fortress Europe: Human rights violations against migrants and refugees at Europe’s borders, July 2014

Abstract:

Every year, thousands of migrants and refugees try to reach Europe. The response of the European Union (EU) and its member states has been to invest in surveillance technology, security forces and detention centres with one overriding aim: to construct an impenetrable fortress at Europe’s borders to keep people out. This report describes some of the key elements of the EU’s migration policy and how this policy plays out at the EU border where Bulgaria and Greece meet Turkey, one of the main routes used by Syrian refugees seeking safety in the EU.

• Primary Source

Deutsche Welle, 09.07.14: Amnesty International slams EU migrant policy in 'Fortress Europe' report http://dw.de/p/1CYcT

ESO: Background information: Five minutes with Eva Aldea: A ‘Fortress Europe’ accessible only to those within would be as much of a failure of the European project as dissolution of the Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/five-minutes-with-eva-aldea-a-fortress-europe-accessible-only-to-those-within-would-be-as-much-of-a-failure-of-the-european-project-as-dissolution-of-the-union/

Amnesty International, 09.07.14: EU migration policies put lives and rights at risk http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/eu-migration-policies-put-lives-and-rights-risk-2014-07-09

Euronews, 09.07.14: EU turning into ‘Fortress Europe’, Amnesty warns http://www.euronews.com/2014/07/09/eu-turning-into-fortress-europe-amnesty-warns/

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