#border controls

[tearsofrefugees]

Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport

New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589

[a-v-j]

Akills, who from outside the AVJverse is approved to enter?

Akills: "..VIPs, other-dimensional ambassadors and delegates and those who dont piss me off..."

[elladastinkardiamou]

Annual Torture Report 2020 – Border Violence Monitoring Network

This special report analyses data from 286 first hand testimonies of violent pushbacks carried out by authorities in the Balkans, looking at the way practices of torture have become an established part of contemporary border policing. The report examines six typologies of violence and torture that have been identified during pushbacks from Croatia and Greece, and also during chain-pushbacks initiated by North Macedonia, Slovenia and Italy. Across the report, 30 victim testimonies of torture and inhuman treatment are presented which is further supplemented by a comprehensive legal analysis and overview of the States response to these allegations.

As a network comprised of grassroots organisations active in Greece and the Western Balkans, the testimonies and information analysed in this report were gathered via a joint-effort between Are You Syrious, Mobile Info Team, No Name Kitchen, Rigardu, Josoor, IPSIA, Disinfaux Collective, InfoKolpa, Centre for Peace Studies, Re:ports Sarajevo, Mare Liberum, Collective Aid and Fresh Response.

[eaglesnick]

All Our Yesterdays: Day 184

23.01.20. The Daily Mail:

“UK ON KILLER VIRUS ALERT. Death toll in China doubles++NHS helpline on standby++Yet arrivals into UK from infected city say: All we got was a leaflet.”

People arriving from Wuhan to the UK did not even have their temperature checked – something other countries were insisting on - before being allowed to enter the country. All they were given was a leaflet (in English) telling them to see a doctor if they felt poorly.

94,580 deaths later and we have Johnson refusing to tell us why he ignored the advice form his own Home Secretary that borders needed to be closed.

21.01.21: Independent:

“Boris Johnson refuse to say why he overruled Priti Patel and kept borders open when pandemic started.”

We now have the worst death rate per head of population than any other country in the world. We know there are new, more infectious variants of the virus that are quite likely to be resistant to our existing vaccines. Yet, only now, (and I mean one hour ago as I write this) did the government say it was “considering" closing the borders.

How many more people will die because of this government's incompetence and failure to act in time?

WE DESERVE BETTER

[polgeonow]

Map: Schengen Border Controls Before Coronavirus (2017-2020)

Map of "temporary" border controls with Europe's free-travel Schengen Area just before coronavirus, and timeline of the past two years.

This is the companion piece to our map article on coronavirus-related border controls in Europe, bridging the gap between our previous reporting on Schengen Area border controls and today. Several European countries already were conducting border controls - controversially - for several years even before the current crisis.

[pointless-letters]

Davey Cameron is a peh

[tearsofrefugees]

Greek border pushbacks: Frontex reports describe abuse, masked men and a climate of impunity

Frontex reports and a recent BBC investigation have renewed scrutiny of Greece’s Evros border operations, documenting allegations of violent

[tearsofrefugees]

What to do if you are stopped and refused entry at the UK border - Free Movement

Being refused entry at the UK border can be an upsetting, frustrating and confusing experience. Border force officials have the authority to