Todor Gardos

Freelance researcher, migrations, rights and injustices.

[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

Great piece by @Politico @LHreports exposing how #Turkey uses @EU_Commission's funds to forcibly return to #Afghanistan & #Syria.

@EU_NEAR's complete lack of basic due diligence & human rights monitoring leads EU tax payer money to fund grave violations.

https://t.co/UmcBzaJwsm

[Tineke Strik @Tineke_Strik]

BREAK: The European Parliament just adopted a resolution urging Frontex to suspend operational activities in Greece because of pushbacks and violence against migrants and refugees.

The EP resolution is a follow-up of the Frontex investigation I led two years ago. 🧵

[Tineke Strik @Tineke_Strik]

Yesterday's trilogues on the EU Asylum Pact haven't led to an agreement yet. Many contentious issues remain open, incl.:
- Screening within the territory & scope of the fundamental rights monitoring mechanism
- Modalities of mandatory border procedures & safe country concepts

🧵

[Jelena Sesar @Jelena_Sesar]

New @amnesty report exposes how automation of social assistance in Serbia pushed some people further into poverty

Instead of expanding coverage, Serbia's Social Card law
reduced lives to a set of data points & harmed Roma and people with disabilities

https://t.co/ANQa8SrVGr

[Todor Gardos @TodorGardos]

Sharing my research commissioned by OSCE ODIHR: https://t.co/Z4EVzmLKe7

To enhace indpt. border police monitoring at EU's external borders:

1. commit to stop border abuses
2. invest in human rights-based border mgmt.
3. engage avail. expertise

➡️access to justice
➡️rule of law

[UN Human Rights @UNHumanRights]

Surveillance, automated visas & data collection are transforming migration & border governance while impacting human rights.

Learn what needs to be done to #StandUp4Migrants and safeguard their rights on our latest study w/ the @Uni_of_Essex, @EssexHRC.

https://t.co/VvzIFpo3AH

[Sea-Watch International @seawatch_intl]

🤝Solidarity in Action! 🤝
Civil fleet collaboration - @SOSMedIntl, @alarm_phone, and @openarms_fund - saving lives.
If we are allowed to act❗️
The last few days are emblematic of NGO rescue capacity and collective effectiveness.
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[Philippe Dam @philippe_dam]

#Greece: @UN_SPExperts denounce continued refoulements & violence against asylum seekers by law enforcement & Coast Guards, & total lack of accountability.

This violates both international human rights law & European law.

https://t.co/k6t0tOn4Da

[InfoMigrants @InfoMigrants]

The Bulgarian-Turkish border is seeing a surge in pushbacks and violence against migrants. InfoMigrants reporter @brunnersum traveled to Bulgaria to speak with local NGOs, migrants and journalists to better understand why – and who is most at risk.
https://t.co/Dgd3sXzdZM

[Anna Iasmi Vallianatou @annajasminaa]

The boat was not moving for at least 7 hours before it sank. BBC evidence contradicts Greek coastguard's claim it was on “steady course & speed” & so didn't need rescue.

According to survivors the boat capsized after the coastguard tried to tow them (rt🧵with testimonies:)

[ECRE @ecre]

🧵#AIDA Update 🇭🇺

➡️Only 44 asylum app, 4 granted entry under embassy procedure
➡️158,565 persons pushed back to 🇷🇸
➡️CJEU rules current procedure to use national security grounds in asylum procedures illegal
➡️Less withdrawal procedures initiated

🔗https://t.co/QNv2CyDGSn

[ECRE @ecre]

NO ACCESS TO ASYLUM IN 🇭🇺

Since 27 May 2020, almost impossible to access asylum procedure in Hungary. Right to seek asylum completely emptied out by the legal framework in place & practice of the asylum authority.

Brief #ECRE member @hhc_helsinki
🔗https://t.co/BcG8dpaxzT

[ECRE @ecre]

European Court of Human Rights finds Croatia responsible for the DEATHS and INJURIES of persons it deprived of liberty!

See full report from #ECRE member @CMSZagreb
🔗https://t.co/sqBryPMtPc

[Sara Creta @saracreta]

For years people have been illegally sent back from #Italy to #Greece in secret prisons on private ships.

After months of investigating, we’ve found where asylum seekers, including children, are being detained.

THREAD 🧵

[Sara Creta @saracreta]

#Bulgaria Today with @LHreports & partners, we release the first visual evidence of an asylum seeker being hit with live ammunition on the #EU border. His name is Abdullah El Rüstüm and I have met him last October in #Istanbul.

A THREAD 🧵

[ARCHIVED: Border Violence Monitoring Network @Border_Violence]

1/ Yesterday, @EP_Justice working group on @Frontex met on Art. 46 or when does Frontex finally suspend or terminate operations in countries where human rights are violated? 🌟 Highlights 🌟

[Todor Gardos @TodorGardos]

This deserves a party! 🙃

Boris Johnson resigns https://t.co/nM0Hp5K1Yy

[ECRE @ecre]

#Frontex "will not reveal how it complies with human rights obligations when it deports people from Hungary, despite already being told to stop such operations", reports @NikolajNielsen for @euobs: https://t.co/9UDVqhEAVF

[Felipe González Morales @fglezmor]

Just released my report about human rights violations at international borders, including a follow-up about the grave and extended practice of "pushbacks", the issue of safe 3rd countries and other related matters. I will present it at @UN_HRC on June 23.
https://t.co/6kmL0PoROP

[UNHCR United Kingdom @UNHCRUK]

UNHCR was granted permission by the UK High Court today to intervene in our capacity as the UN Refugee Agency and a friend of the court.

We submitted our Analysis of the Legality and Appropriateness of the UK-Rwanda Arrangement to the court. More: https://t.co/ovnkw7rxDw