The Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) is a horizontal self-organised network denouncing pushbacks, other human rights violations and broader forms of violence against people on the move at and within European borders.

The robustness of BVMN’s methodology is reflected in hosting the largest public database on pushbacks, compiling over 1,600 reports of border violence to date (December 2022). Collecting disaggregated data fuels BVMN’s focused advocacy and engagement with a …

Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) is an independent Network of NGOs and associations mainly based in the Balkan regions and in Greece, who monitors human rights violations at the external borders of the European Union and advocates to stop the violence exerted against people on the move.

BVMN is composed of 12 members (2 of which are anonymous), as listed below, each of which participates in our Open Assembly to decide upon key strategic actions affecting our work. These decisions are carried out by a team of coordinators that manage the Network’s daily operations.

The Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) is an independent network of NGOs, associations and collectives that monitors human rights violations at the borders of Europe and advocates to stop violence against people on the move.

2025年1月31日 · Each month, we publish an in-depth analysis of updates and trends along the borders in which our partners operate.

The cases gathered relate to non-refoulement, pushbacks, summary expulsions, collective expulsions and, in general, to border violence. If you want to inform us about new cases, please email us at [email protected] BVMN thanks …

We look back here at the primary findings from this huge body of evidence and describe how BVMN has been monitoring these trends. Calling out border violence BVMN is a horizontal network of organisations active from Istanbul to the Italian-Slovenian border.

Asylum and Non-Refoulement: Though BVMN advocates for the rights of all people on the move, the laws around asylum are important in understanding how illegal pushbacks occur.

BVMN members are NGOs, co-ops, collectives, and grassroots initiatives spread across South East Europe. Through the Open Assembly, members jointly make Network-wide decisions in a democratic, consensus-based voting system.