Telling the story of EU border militarization

Border Wars

7 August 2023

15 minutes read

The European Union’s external borders are rapidly becoming more expansive and more dangerous. Europe’s border regime is costing lives, destabilising countries beyond European borders, and driving widespread abuse - and its budget and power is increasing. Meanwhile, the migration justice movement is under-resourced and often necessarily composed of organisations working on a single significant element of the vast EU border regime.

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Publication type: Paper

Authors

Transnational Institute
Equinox
Euromed Rights
Privacy International
Statewatch

A key part of successfully challenging Europe's border regime is being able to describe and expose it, by telling the same story about the dangers it poses across the continent. For the last few months, a number of organisations involved in human rights and migration have worked together to produce this guide; which provides that story, as part of a narrative guide to communicating about border militarisation and its consequences.

This guide offers framing messages, guiding principles, and suggested language for people and organisations working on this challenge.