After Turkey publicly announced to open its borders, we witnessed shocking developments in the Aegean region with Greece and the EU drastically ramping up the militarisation of its external borders. Violence against migrants along land borders and at sea is escalating. We have directly witnessed several cases of non-assistance of, and attacks on, migrant boats, … Continue reading Escalating Violence in the Aegean Sea – Attacks and human rights abuses by European Coastguards, 1-3 March 2020