The project ‘Not on our border watch’ is initiated by law firm Prakken d’Oliviera Human Rights Lawyers, the Dutch Council for Refugees the campaign agency BKB and Sea Watch Legal Aid.

Not on our border watch is holding the European Union accountable for illegal pushbacks and demand a change in this system of violation and oppression. As European citizens, Not on our border watch demands that this system in which fundamental rights are ignored be changed. Every week men, women, and children fleeing from wars and violence are illegally pushed back from Europe’s borders by Frontex, the border agency of the European Union. Over 2,000 people have lost their lives, others have been assaulted, abused and mistreated. Frontex is actively destroying the fundamental principles on which the European Union is built. Funded by the EU means funded by us, European taxpayers. Therefore, Not on our border watch asks Europe to explain why a European organization is violating human rights at our borders? We don’t just ask Europe to explain, but above all demand that this system in which fundamental rights are ignored be changed. Because we cannot let this happen.

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Not on our border watch

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