Moving Stories: Border Violence and Surveillance

About this episode

The episode discusses Border Externalisation and its impact on violence at borders with insights from experts.

Join us as we discuss Border Externalisation - what is it, and why does it drive violence at the border? We're joined by two fantastic guests - Dan from the Border Violence Monitoring Network to discuss the EU's Border Externalisation, and Kathy from Al Otro Lado to discuss the America's. Border Violence Monitoring Network’s work BVMN's website https://borderviolence.eu/ Surveillance Tech Serbia Report: https://borderviolence.eu/reports/surveillance-technologies-at-european-borders-serbia Cyprus Borderscape: https://cyprusborderscape.com/ BalkanDac: https://borderviolence.eu/reports/decoding-balkandac-navigating-the-eu-s-biometric-blueprint Samos CCAC : https://borderviolence.eu/reports/controlled-and-confined-unveiling-the-impact-of-technology-in-the-samos-closed-controlled-access-centre Use of mercenaries for pushbacks in Cyprus. https://borderviolence.eu/reports/submission-to-the-ohchr-for-the-upcoming-visit-of-the-working-group-on-the-use-of-mercenaries-to-cyprus Al Otro Lado : Al Otro Lado’s Programs: https://www.alotrolado.org/our-programs Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/al-otro-lado/?srsltid=AfmBOoqZMoeVG0Ggysn-YhlXQ7YPehx_4tnFPY5O2K236THD3U7p7_SG PI work Drivers of…

People in this episode

Host: Privacy International

Guests: Dan, Kathy

Topics covered

• Border Externalisation
• Border Violence
• Surveillance Technology
• Migration
• Human Rights

Keywords

• Border Externalisation
• Border Violence
• Surveillance
• Migration
• Human Rights
• EU
• Technology

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Border Violence Monitoring Network, Al Otro Lado, Privacy International

Places: Cyprus, Serbia, America, EU, Balkan, Samos

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