Francesca Spinelli

Giornalista e traduttrice a Bruxelles, alle prese con migrazioni, culture e i due enigmi che sono il Belgio e l'UE. Curo la rubrica di poesia di Internazionale.

[Declassified UK @declassifiedUK]

The UK has been training Israeli soldiers in Britain throughout the genocide.

Then it was forced to announce a "pause" in this training.

Now, the government appears eager to continue training as normal: it's keeping the "pause" "under review" and is "mindful" of a resolution to the conflict.

#DCUKparliament

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

"Sur le continent africain, de plus en plus de personnes issues des communautés migrantes sont recrutées dans le cadre de projets de dissuasion contre la migration irrégulière financés par l’UE". @MaaAnissa s'est intéressée à leurs expériences et points de vue, notamment au Maroc

[The Conversation France @FR_Conversation]

Les intermédiaires « pairs », ces migrants recrutés pour dissuader leurs compatriotes de venir en Europe https://t.co/lgH1TTpcZt

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

Belgium -Starting soon: three weeks of mobilisation in memory of Semira Adamu, killed while resisting deportation in 1998, and against immigration detention.
Info: https://t.co/86xfg0dvl1

[GettingTheVoiceOut @GettingVoice]

💥A diffuser largement!!

Semaines de mobilisation_Semira Adamu : Stop à l’enfermement des personnes sans-papiers ! 🔥

https://t.co/RIF6OEdbsV

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

Belgio - Tre settimane di eventi e azioni in tutto il paese per ricordare Semira Adamu, uccisa durante un tentativo di espulsione nel 1998, e denunciare i centri di detenzione e rimpatrio, tra cui quello nuovo previsto a Jumet, vicino a Charleroi.
Info: https://t.co/K5LxAfihLR

[GettingTheVoiceOut @GettingVoice]

💥A diffuser largement!!

Semaines de mobilisation_Semira Adamu : Stop à l’enfermement des personnes sans-papiers ! 🔥

https://t.co/RIF6OEdbsV

[Lucía Bárcena @Luciabarce]

The EU and Serbia signed a deal on raw materials, fueling more mining and potential conflicts. Activists like TNI's @salematkovic warn that Serbia is becoming a mining colony for the EU. The Serbian people have said: “There will be no mines.” Who benefits? https://t.co/p2DOej9SCV

[Sea-Watch International @seawatch_intl]

When the Italian government claims to fight human trafficking but is actually complicit: A closer look at Al-Bija - one of Libya's most notorious traffickers, and the Italian government, which was involved with his network. [A Thread]

[Majdi karbai مجدي الكرباعي @karbai]

Per la prima volta , dopo la caduta del regime di Ben Ali e dopo 13 anni la rivista @jeune_afrique viene censurata in #Tunisia. #Saied ha censurato l’articolo intitolato l’iper presidente « L’hyper-président » una inchiesta dedicata al suo regime e alla sua deriva autoritaria.

[Statewatch @StatewatchEU]

The @EU_Commission plans to increase #detentions and speed up #deportations. 🧵

As part of the #MigrationPact, the Commission is planning for the new asylum border procedure. Through this, more applicants can be immediately detained, and their applications quickly refused.

[Marcel @realmarcel1]

Pendant qu’Anne Hidalgo barbotte dans la Seine, le nettoyage social pré JO se poursuit à Paris.
La honte.
🎥@LucAuffret

[InfoMigrants Français @InfoMigrants_fr]

Ils veulent rendre leur pays moins attractif. Réputés accueillants avec les étrangers, de nombreux pays européens sont revenus sur leur politique d’ouverture post-2015, au moment de la crise migratoire. Tour d'horizon.
https://t.co/VVgc0y589Z

[Jolie Rouge @JigginoRuss]

Da anni a Pantelleria è attivo un hotspot "informale" dove le persone dopo gli sbarchi vengono rinchiuse, identificate e selezionate.
Oggi apre l'hotspot "ufficiale"

[Jolie Rouge @JigginoRuss]

A Ventimiglia ogni giorno decine di persone (uomini, donne, bambine e ragazzi) tentano di attraversare il confine ma sono respinte con violenza dalle polizie francesi e italiane

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

His testimony is among those collected by the multilingual project "Missing at the borders". The latest one is about Badreddine Msalmi, from Tunsia, who's been missing since 2011. "Poverty took him away from us", says his mother, Souad Ben Sassi.
https://t.co/163caogVsY

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

"The fact that he was denied an entry visa so many times was the direct cause of his disappearance":
Algerian father Kamel Belabed speaking about his son Merouane, who went missing in 2007 while trying to reach Europe.
https://t.co/Ajhz2AWecw

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

Every proposed revision in the field of European migration and asylum policies paves the way for more sanctions and less rights, as confirmed by this draft from the Belgian presidency leaked by @statewatch. The safest option now is defending the status quo.

[Statewatch @StatewatchEU]

Counter-smuggling legislation often harms, rather than protects, migrants’ safety & rights–yet the @EU_Commission wants to commit more resources to it

Now, the @EUCouncil is considering a redraft of a law that would simplify criminalisation–endangering #migrants & #solidarity

[Abolish Frontex @abolishfrontex]

Stop counting candles, start counting lives!

🔥 Take 10 minutes now to participate in our action!

Send Frontex a postcard for its 20th anniversary to let the agency know what you think of it.

All info here: https://t.co/fo8mPBnDNw

[ECRE @ecre]

24 request compensation from 🇱🇹 arbitrary detention

"This represented a betrayal of the rule of law of seismic proportions, imposing tremendous suffering on people who were looking for international protection & dignified treatment"👇
https://t.co/8fpCnlhymw

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

Petition "Free Maysoon Majidi – An Innocent Political Refugee on Hunger Strike!" https://t.co/tvsO3kC7ms
https://t.co/3YmR4jM81o
Report on Italy "From Sea to Prison: Borders Without End"by @BorderlineEurop and @arciporcorosso
https://t.co/iB5dbVile4

[Francesca Spinelli @ettaspin]

Update on the case of Maysoon Majidi and Maryam Qaderi, who took to the sea to flee the Iranian regime only to stand trial in Italy for driving the boat. Maryam was granted house arrest and could reunite with her son. Maysoon is still in jail, her trial will start on July 24.

[Jolie Rouge @JigginoRuss]

"Con 2 compagne del Comitato free Maysoon e Maryam, un aggiornamento sulla situazione di Maysoon Majidi e Maryam Qaderi, in fuga dal regime iraniano e arrestate come scafiste, come migliaia di persone che si muovono con la speranza di una vita migliore"
https://t.co/Itnxg7WWhE

[cercavo guai @frontiere_zero]

dopo lo sciopero della fame di Alfredo Cospito l'ergastolo è sempre lì e le persone detenute continuano a lottare e morire di carcere

https://t.co/BGojQJMGho