Philippa Metcalfe

It’s 5yrs and waiting since the EU boasted that a €142mn  “smart borders” system would see it biometrically track people in & out of the bloc. Atos, a French IT firm cosy with Brussels, was supposed to do the bulk of the job Documents obtained by @LHReports & @Business reveal a fiasco

And look at examples of resistance to help us in our collective struggle against deadly border regimes. Get in touch if you want a free physical copy! 5/

We also follow the money to see what private actors benefit and profit from digital border controls in #Europe 4/

Our zine ‘Fighting Against Digital #FortressEurope’ is now online and available for download! digitalfortresseurope.blog 1/

JUST IN: We spoke to the Guardian about the new details we uncovered on the Home Office’s AI-powered immigration ‘robo-caseworker’ 🤖 theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/n…

The boat that was left by several state authorities in urgent distress arrived in #Mauritania. Dozens are missing, some corpses were found, 73 survivors are in hospital. We condemn this act of non-assistance that cost so many lives. Solidarity with all victims of border violence!

Our zine ‘Fighting Against Digital #FortressEurope’ has arrived! It looks at the politics, power, and impacts of Europe’s migration databases and identifies key actors and forms of resistance to violent digital controls. They’re free! Get in touch if you’d like one ☺️

New #migrant Camps funded by Italy, built in Albania, a model for offshoring of #asylum processing. These "camps" across Europe are reminiscent of history. People are being placed in barbed wire cages, segregated & detained until they are "processed"

#EU Court of Justice decided on that the #asylum applications of #Refugees who are not accepted based on safe third country, such as Turkey, which does not accept refugee returns from #Greece, should not be rejected as inadmissible. /1 efsyn.gr/ellada/dikaiom…

A horrifying massacre occurred in Jabalia, northern Gaza. An entire residential block was blown up over the heads of its inhabitants. One house has completely vanished, along with its residents. In its place, there is a 20-meter-deep crater. This time, you won’t be bothered by the sight of dismembered bodies and severed heads. This time, burned corpses won’t upset you. This time, there will be no trace of any martyr. What kind of brutality are we living through!!

Today, at a beach near Dakar in Senegal, we commemorated the tens of thousands who lost their lives at sea while seeking to find safety. The suffering caused by Europe's violent borders is felt here, where every village has lost loved ones.

Jalila, who has lost two sons in the Mediterranean Sea, speaks at the #CommemorAction: "I want to say today for myself and from all the mothers who couldn’t be here, we ask the sea to send us a message from our sons. We are in a very painful situation, but we are strong."

The EU is facilitating a deadly deportation machine in Turkey that is sending 100s of thousands of Afghans back to the Taliban & Syrians to ongoing conflict A new investigation from @LHreports & partners reveals millions of euros spent on a system of abuse and forced returns 🧵

Venez vivre les événements publics d '@alarm_phone à Dakar. Vive la liberté de circulation ✊🏼 ✊🏿

Alarm Phone turns 10! For 3,650 days & nights, we've been on shift and were alerted to over 8,000 boats in distress. Today, we publish this book to give an account of how our project started & developed. No border lasts forever. Solidarity will win! 1/3 alarmphone.org/en/campaigns/t…

It’s appalling that more lives have been lost in the channel, as the U.K., continues to refuse safe travel to people seeking asylum - forcing people into taking dangerous boat crossings. These nation state gangs do not care if people live or die. Let’s not blame the wrong people

🆕 The EU is funding a digitised policing programme in West Africa that facilitates the collection and sharing of personal data on a huge scale as part of their migration management plans. Read our report 🕷️"When Spiders Share Webs" 🕷️ privacyinternational.org/long-read/5346…