About
This research maps the forms and causes of border violence at the external edges of the European Union. Across our case studies, we document the actors, legal frameworks, and political processes that enable and sustain violence at Europe's borders.
Between 1993 and 2021 48.647 migrant deaths have been recorded at the borders of Europe
Most occurred in the Mediterranean
Many more, in the form of brutal pushbacks and rights violations, have been documented across the Balkans and other land borders.
With regard to the management of migrants, we are seeing a widening gap between the EU’s formal commitments to human rights and practices that violate them. These practices point to increasing disjunctures in the spatiality of state territory, control, law and rights.
Methodologies
Placeholder text describing the methodologies used across this research — to be replaced with final copy.