Episode 51: Europe's Bloody Borders

Jan 9, 2024

In this episode, we speak with Sergio from No Name Kitchen.

 

He tells how the group supports people on the move along the Balkan route, and the types of violence they experience along the European Union's edges.

 

Sergio also talks to us about No Name Kitchen's Bloody Borders report, and of the horrific levels of abuse suffered at European borders.

 

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---Show Notes---

 

For more No Name Kitchen, visit: nonamekitchen.org

 

Follow them on Twitter here: twitter.com/NoNameKitchen1

 

Read NNK's Bloody Borders Report here: tinyurl.com/27ss86b8 

 

If you'd like to volunteer with NNK, see here: nonamekitchen.org/volunteer/

 

Check out Sergio's awesome NNK jumper here: nonamekitchen.org/shop/

 

Check out episodes 6 (Irina) and 41 (with Barbara) of The Civil Fleet Podcast for more on NNK. Episode 6 is here tinyurl.com/mrx2twad and episode 41 is here: tinyurl.com/yn8z2duk 

 

Want to know where Ceuta is? See this Google Map: tinyurl.com/yftbf79v 

 

Never heard of Šid? Here it is in Serbia: http://tinyurl.com/3j53k8r3

According to the UN's International Organisation for Migration (IOM), at least 974 people died in the central Mediterranean in 2023, and at least 1,372 are missing. 17,025 people were intercepted at sea and returned to Libya.

 

Watch the Emergency NGO video Ben mentions in the episode here: tinyurl.com/2d78v54z 
 

Sergio mentions the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN). For more on them, check out episode 8 of The Civil Fleet Podcast here: tinyurl.com/2p8v39s4. And see their website here: borderviolence.eu

 

Sergio mentions Lighthouse Reports. For more on them, see here: https://www.lighthousereports.com. And, check out episode 34 of The Civil Fleet Podcast: tinyurl.com/3bez9u9c 

 

We very briefly mention the situation for people on the move at the Belarus border. For more on that, check out episode 33 of The Civil Fleet Podcast: tinyurl.com/2mkrwepe 

Ben makes yet another reference to the works of Noam Chomsky in this episode when he talks about ‘worthy’ and ‘unworthy victims.’ For more on that, read about it here: chomsky.info/consent01, or listen to it here: tinyurl.com/muttcnmw.