Current projects

Focus Morocco: The Asymmetry of EU Border Externalization

Morocco stands at the crossroads of the Western Mediterranean route. This umbrella project documents European externalization policies, exposing how the EU and the Spanish state enforce "Fortress Europe" through restrictive visa regimes, conditional development aid, and border violence in Ceuta and Melilla at the expense of the Global South.

Rearmament via Algorithm: The New Dimension of EU Border Surveillance

The new article series by borderline-europe shines a light on the digital side of European border policy. Discover how artificial intelligence, biometrics, and drones are being deployed for invisible mass surveillance and exclusion.

Digital Exhibition

Voices of 15 people on the EU borders:They are fleeing, they have already come a long way, they want to go to Europe, to a safe place, to a place where human rights apply —but then suddenly they can't move any further.

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The debate on migration is becoming increasingly polarised and politically instrumentalised. In a new series, borderline-europe is questioning widespread myths such as the supposed overburdening of the economy or the alleged increase in crime caused by migrants.

The New Asylum Law in Egypt

Refugees perceived as security threats at border crossings are often detained without legal process. The new asylum law in Egypt and current border management measures intensify these risks, leading to a systematic disregard for the rights of refugees.

Brochure: Disappearance along the migration routes

This brochure is the result of a panel discussion organized by borderline-europe and the Bildungswerk Berlin of the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, in which experts from Libya, Sudan, and Niger highlighted the tragic impacts of European migration policies and the phenomenon of missing migrants.

Externalisation of EU Migration Policy

Modern border control no longer takes place at the barrier. Externalisation of the EU's external borders means outsourcing control via pushbacks, pullbacks and visa refusals, and is always associated with the use of force and a lot of money for the respective governments.In future, even asylum applications will be processed in closed centres. Here are our articles on restrictions on freedom of movement and border fortifications.

Criminalisation of migration and solidarity

Migration and solidarity with people on the move is being increasingly criminalised. Resisting this criminalisation is a central part of our work. We research and document socio-political developments and cases of criminalisation. In doing so, we provide concrete support for those affected and inform and sensitize a broad public in the form of information materials, public events and campaigns.

Criminalization of Migration & Solidarity in Italy

The collective attempt of shutting down borders of the EU takes place by numerous means of deterrence to prevent people from seeking safety in Europe. The criminalisation of people on the move is part of it.A project in cooperation with UNITED4RESCUE

Sudan: Documentation of enforced disappearances

Enforced disappearance is a particularly insidious form of political repression. Political opponents are silenced and their entire social circle is intimidated. Together with the Africa Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, we document human rights violations involving cases of disappeared activists and migrants.

Situation of refugees and migrants in Italy

Here you can find our monthly Update on the situation in Italy "Scirocco - News in Brief" and further information on the situation of refugees and migrants in Italy.

The Mediterranean: monitoring, research, identification

borderline-europe is involved in two very different MONITORING projects:

In ‘Detention, illegalisation and the so-called CEAS reform in southern Italy’, the focus is on the implementation of the European Pact on Migration at the EU's external border. The project started in September 2024.
"Invisible" is about the situation of refugees in Sicily.
Mem.Med is a cooperation project between many entities that carefully focus on the people who have not made it through the dangerous crossing of the Mediterranean Sea. borderline-europe supports the project through volunteers.

Central Mediterranean Info

borderline-europe started in March 2019 to put together information about the situation in the Central Mediterranean Sea for internal research reasons. ISome of the data are published here and on our social media channels.

La Nomad House Project

The Nomad House is an international cultural project initiated and supported by the Compagnie des Nouveau Disparus. It is a project carried out in the framework of the Europe Creative program in partnership with six other countries (Belgium, France, Tunisia, Greece, Italy, and Germany).The Nomade House is a process of creation and artistic dissemination and scientific research on the issue of migration. The project consists of multidisciplinary creative workshops, a theatrical creation, and various cultural activities such as a traveling exhibition and conference debates.

Our partner on Lesvos

Since 2015 our partner organization on Lesvos has been actively supporting people on the move in various fields like education, first reception and bureaucratic steps. Since 2009 we are involved in different reports on the situation in Greece and the Aegean. Overaching values and aims of our work are to fight for human rights without borders.

Sahara: Externalisation of EU borders

The 9 million square kilometres of the Sahara now form an externalised border of the European Union. Push-backs, quarantine camps, military patrols and checkpoints in an area without infrastructure are supposed to ensure that the border becomes insurmountable. Who still dares to move can face easily death. We document human rights violations against people on the move in the Sahara.

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