The consequences are cruelty and authoritarian persistence
Here is the news article that provided the motivation for this week's message: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/22/videos-show-migrants-stripped-of-clothing-in-freezing-temperatures-at-serbian-border
Another closely related development: the informal relationship in which Balkan states enforce EU regulations became more official today, with the Albanian parliament approving a deal to process Italy's migrants for them. https://www.euronews.com/2024/02/22/albanian-parliament-approves-controversial-deal-to-hold-migrants-for-italy#:~:text=Albania's%20Parliament%20on%20Thursday%20approved,lawmakers%20and%20human%20rights%20groups.
(of course the UK is trying to get a similar arrangement with Rwanda, but every court that has reviewed that scheme has found it illegal, it is not likely to happen)
I misspoke on the sports competitor arrested and dumped in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was two people, not one. Here's the story. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/4/croatia-wrongly-deports-nigerian-table-tennis-players-to-bosnia
And finally the good news: the restaurant owner in Velika Kladuša who changed his business to serving hungry refugees and migrants. https://apnews.com/general-news-bb9d866b769542fa9a8515691c4350c6
Here is the news article that provided the motivation for this week's message: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/feb/22/videos-show-migrants-stripped-of-clothing-in-freezing-temperatures-at-serbian-border
Another closely related development: the informal relationship in which Balkan states enforce EU regulations became more official today, with the Albanian parliament approving a deal to process Italy's migrants for them. https://www.euronews.com/2024/02/22/albanian-parliament-approves-controversial-deal-to-hold-migrants-for-italy#:~:text=Albania's%20Parliament%20on%20Thursday%20approved,lawmakers%20and%20human%20rights%20groups.
(of course the UK is trying to get a similar arrangement with Rwanda, but every court that has reviewed that scheme has found it illegal, it is not likely to happen)
I misspoke on the sports competitor arrested and dumped in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was two people, not one. Here's the story. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/12/4/croatia-wrongly-deports-nigerian-table-tennis-players-to-bosnia
And finally the good news: the restaurant owner in Velika Kladuša who changed his business to serving hungry refugees and migrants. https://apnews.com/general-news-bb9d866b769542fa9a8515691c4350c6