Black book of pushbacks 2022

BLACK BOOK OF PUSHBACKS EXPANDED & UPDATED EDITION Volume I The Black Book of Pushbacks was produced by a group of independent experts from the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) and their partners. The BVMN is a horizontal self-organised network denouncing pushbacks, other human rights violations and broader forms of violence against people-on-the-move at and within European borders. We act in solidarity with those affected irrespective of status, built on anti-fascist and anti-racist values, to challenge existing border regimes and propose viable alternatives. We monitor and document the situation on the ground by recentering lived experiences, and collect evidence to hold perpetrators and facilitators accountable. We believe in freedom of movement and seek safe and legal passages and shifts that establish the politics of solidarity and justice. Our aim is to end all forms of violence and injustice deriving from the current European migration regime and the politics of criminalization of movement. We envision accountable institutions respective to human rights and human dignity. Our members include the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) Are You Syrious, Centre for Peace Studies, Collective Aid, InfoKolpa, Mobile Info Team, No Name Kitchen, Mare Liberum, Rigardu, Blindspots, I Have Rights, Legal Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment, Pushback Alarm Austria, and others who wish to remain anonymous. In addition to coordinated monitoring...