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Max Bernhard @mxbernhard.bsky.social · 3d

Seems like the worst time to start sharing your citizens' biometric data with the US government

Matthias Monroy @matthimon.bsky.social · Aug 29

The EU-Commission wants to negotiate a very sensitive agreement that would allow US authorities direct (!) access to police-stored fingerprints & facial images in Europe.
Potentially, all travelers could be affected by this #EBSP – and people in need for protection.
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"Border Security" with USA: Brussels ready to give deep access to biometric data in EU states | Matthias Monroy

The European Commission wants to negotiate an agreement that would allow US authorities direct access to police-stored fingerprints and facial images in Europe. Potentially, all travelers could be…

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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 2d

Yes.

“Everyday we wake up
and collectively make
a world together; but
which one of us, left to
our own devices, would
ever decide they wanted
to make a world like this
one?”

— David Graeber, “Bullshit Jobs: A Theory”

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Sébastien Fontenelle @vivelefeu.bsky.social · 2d

Gaza: le génocide vu du ciel.

Gaza, rasée, photographiée par un satellite le 11 octobre 2025.

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Luna Vives @lunavives.bsky.social · 5d

Seriously wtf.

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InfoMigrants @infomigrants.net · 6d

The #EU is getting ready to launch a new, digitalized immigration system at its external borders called #EES. Some people like #asylum seekers, however, might be at a disadvantage with the new system. 🇪🇺

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Fingerprints, facial recognition and databases: EU prepares to launch its EES border control system

The EU is getting ready to launch a new, digitalized immigration system at its external borders called EES. This is part of an overall reform of how entrance and exit into the bloc is managed. Some pe...

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Statewatch @statewatch.bsky.social · 6d

The 10th issue of the #ExternalisationBulletin is out now 🚨

It covers:
• Progress on plans for major migration routes
• Frontex projects proposed in Egypt & Morocco
• Potential deportations from EU to Côte d’Ivoire
• & more.

Full issue, compiled by @freylindsay.bsky.social, here:
buff.ly/bWL4McV

White text on a black background with a red gradient radiating from the bottom right corner. In the same corner, a white dashed line trace the shape of a border. The top right corner says "issue 10". In the centre, a version of the text from the caption describes the content of the bulletin, "Outsourcing borders: monitoring EU externalisation policy." It says:
The latest issue is out now. It covers: 1. EU plans for the Mediterranean, Atlantic and Balkan migration routes; 2. New proposals for Frontex projects in Egypt and Morocco; 3. Potential deportations from EU states to Côte D’Ivoire. 4. It also makes 14 documents from EU institutions public.

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Migrants' Rights Network @migrantsrights.bsky.social · 5d

Scapegoating migrants is the oldest trick in the book. Yet somehow, this narrative keeps rearing its head. Migrants are always blamed for successive governments' austerity policies.

Check out our Words Matter campaign: buff.ly/iLMBI6U

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 6d

If you are teaching a class, unit, or workshop about immigration, I have a tremendous amount of multimedia resources, explanatory posts, digestible data, graphics, photographs and more over at austinkocher.substack.com. You might find something useful!

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 8d

Except, and I do fully understand that this is the Telegraph so facts might not matter too much, pretty much every reliable expert agrees that the only practical way to genuinely reduce small boat crossings is to provide safer and simpler alternatives. 1/

Michael Deacon

The Greens say they've got a plan to stop the boats.

Unfortunately, it's barking mad

Their proposal won't solve the problem. In fact, it shows they don't even understand what the problem actually is

Simple. It would allow the small boats' prospective passengers to enter Britain by "safe and legal routes” instead.

Mr Polanski seems to think that this is a brilliant scheme. I fear, however, that not all voters will share his enthusiasm. Because, in effect, he's pledging to stop people entering Britain illegally - by allowing them to enter Britain legally. He might as well say: "We're going to end shoplifting - by requiring shops to give away all their products free of charge."

Mr Polanski's plan, therefore, will not solve the problem. In fact, it suggests that he doesn't understand what the problem actually is.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 9d

The Trump administration is paying children in ORR custody (essentially detained children) $2,500 to get out of the country. Many of these children have no where to go, have no family, and are here seeking protection. Our immigration system is broken but this is NOT the way to fix it.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 9d

I understand this. Please tell me you do, too.

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Luna Vives @lunavives.bsky.social · 11d

It's like a magician's trick: "Look, over there!"

Toula Drimonis @mtltoula.bsky.social · 11d

“Post-pandemic budget shortfalls and decreased resources have affected Montreal’s public services, while our premier appears to think unions and “radical Islamists” are our biggest problems.”
montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Drimonis: Angry about the state of Montreal? Save it for the ballot box

While many Montrealers are quick to express their dissatisfaction online, the majority don’t bother voting in municipal elections.

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Luna Vives @lunavives.bsky.social · 11d

Maintenant plus que jamais, ce n'est pas le moment ni de s'aliger sur les politiques migratoires de Trump, ni d'offrir notre droit à la vie privée en cadeau.

Refusons le projet de loi C-2

Avec ma collègue Patricia Martin.

CÉRIUM @cerium-udem.bsky.social · 13d

Avec le projet de loi C2, le Canada cherche-t-il à plaire à son voisin du Sud? Lisez la lettre ouverte de nos chercheuses @lunavives.bsky.social et Patricia Martin dans @lapresse.ca.
@fasudem.bsky.social

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Érosion du droit d’asile au Canada | Doit-on plaire à notre voisin du Sud ?

En septembre, la Chambre des communes a amorcé la deuxième lecture du projet de loi C-2, la Loi visant une sécurité rigoureuse à la frontière. Derrière ce titre se cache une réforme tentaculaire qui a...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 13d

“.. no modern American president has positioned his family to make so much money while in the White House. Already, since the early days of his reelection campaign, he’s more than doubled his net worth to about $5.4 billion.”

@bloomberg.com
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 12d

We are not subjects of a State founded upon law, but members of a society formed upon revolution. Revolution is our obligation: our hope of evolution.

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · 13d

Adding my voice to the chorus: the Sumud flotilla never entered Israeli waters. that is a lie. The Gazan coast is Palestinian territory (not even spiritually, like actually in international law) so the Sumud flotilla has not violated Israeli sovereignty. The Israelis intercepting them however…

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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 12d

Happening now: Hundreds of rabbis and Jewish community members gather in Brooklyn for a mass public memorial service on Yom Kippur, demanding a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and for the U.S. to stop arming Israel.

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The Civil Fleet @thecivilfleet.bsky.social · 12d

Israel accused of ‘piracy’ after abducting over 400 Global Sumud Flotilla activists and seizing their ships

Amnesty says Israel's attack was ‘a brazen assault against solidarity activists carrying out an entirely peaceful humanitarian mission’

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Israel accused of ‘piracy’ after abducting over 400 Global Sumud Flotilla activists and seizing their ships

ISRAEL was accused of “piracy and kidnapping” today after its soldiers abducted over 400 people from 42 boats in internationals waters last night as they attempted to deliver humanitari…

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ICE Flight Monitor @iceflightmonitor.bsky.social · 12d

An ICE deportation flight (OAE3671) that departed Phoenix, AZ yesterday morning has just landed in Casablanca, Morocco after stops in Senegal (likely fuel) and Mauritania. This marks the 1st deportation to Morocco since at least 2020 when ICE flight tracking began.

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CÉRIUM @cerium-udem.bsky.social · 13d

Avec le projet de loi C2, le Canada cherche-t-il à plaire à son voisin du Sud? Lisez la lettre ouverte de nos chercheuses @lunavives.bsky.social et Patricia Martin dans @lapresse.ca.
@fasudem.bsky.social

www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...

Érosion du droit d’asile au Canada | Doit-on plaire à notre voisin du Sud ?

En septembre, la Chambre des communes a amorcé la deuxième lecture du projet de loi C-2, la Loi visant une sécurité rigoureuse à la frontière. Derrière ce titre se cache une réforme tentaculaire qui a...

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Luna Vives @lunavives.bsky.social · 13d

Thinking of Presente: A dockworker's story, where Herb Mills (with historian Peter Cole) tells how his union successfully blocked a shipment of weapons to El Salvador in the 1980s.

Workers are the force that keeps the wheels of the system turning. Unions have the power to channel that force.

Simon Parker @sparkerworld.bsky.social · 13d

Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.

And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13d

Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.

Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:

“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 13d

Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.

Israel seems to be intercepting right now.

All eyes needed.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA

YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla

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The Civil Fleet @thecivilfleet.bsky.social · 13d

According to this tracker, the #GlobalSumudFlotilla Alma has been attacked

magic.mapim.dev/sumudnusantara

Follow the live stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...

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Sea-Watch (international) @en.sea-watch.org · 14d

A leaked document confirms the EU is still backing deterrence efforts, even though they know this money goes to human rights abusers. The EU has been funding Libyan militias for a long time. Just days ago, they fired on our Sea-Watch 5. Read more here: https://euobserver.com/migration/areb944fcf

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InfoMigrants @infomigrants.net · 14d

The Spanish government has highlighted the benefits generated by immigration, after the center-right People's Party in opposition proposed implementing a points-based visa system for foreigners.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6725...

Immigration not a problem in Spain, government tells opposition

The Spanish government has highlighted the benefits generated by immigration, after the center-right People's Party in opposition proposed implementing a points-based visa system for foreigners.

www.infomigrants.net

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