BREAKING: @europarl.europa.eu LIBE committee
greenlights punitive detention and deportation plans.
Parliament’s position follows chaotic & rushed negotiations with a new text presented by @eppgroup.bsky.social just days ago that lacks adequate scrutiny, consultations or human rights assessments.
Five ICE flights passed through Shannon Airport between May 2025 and February 2026, taking people to South Sudan, Eswatini, Rwanda and Israel. In March 2026, another operation took Ukrainians through Poland and back to Ukraine. Ireland must refuse to facilitate #ICE
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
An ICE deportation flight on a small Journey jet just departed Phoenix, AZ for Portsmouth, NH. The flight, believed to be carrying at least some Ukrainian nationals, is scheduled to land in Poland early Tuesday morning.
"And while the Trump administration builds a race-based welcome for white South Africans, it’s also building a race-based enforcement apparatus."
A must read for anyone working on asylum and migration policies.
theconversation.com/us-refugee-p...
Four more men removed by the United States on an ICE flight arrived in Eswatini on 11 March and are being detained in the Matsapha Correctional Complex, a maximum-security prison located some 2 kms from the country’s international airport.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
@amnesty.org is appalled by this BBC reportage, including alarming video & photo evidence, on violent pushbacks in Greece & the reported recruitment of migrants as "mercenaries” by Greek officials to carry out these dangerous and illegal operations 🧵
www.bbc.com/news/article...
ICE violence is happening on EU territory. Between Aug 2025 and Apr 2026, ICE passed through Polish airports and travelled through Polish territory during four operations, forcibly removing more than 50 people to Ukraine – an active war zone. www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...