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”A Blueprint For Complicity” – Joint Statement by 46 human rights and humanitarian organisations Brussels, Belgium – 16 July 2026 Three years ago today, the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding was signed. Since then, the EU has allocated millions of euros to migration control in Tunisia despite mounting evidence of serious human rights violations associated with […] The post Three Years On, the…
Together with IPPF EN and 30 other European networks, we are calling on Member States to increase the AgoraEU budget and saveguard CERV+ funding in the EU’s next long-term budget. Civil society is essential to protecting democracy, fundamental rights and equality across Europe. But without adequate funding, organisations working to uphold these values cannot meet […] The post Joint letter: Don’t…
Brussels, Belgium – 3 July 2026 Today, ENAR speaks out. Today we expose the architecture of defamatory attacks that our organisation has been increasingly subjected to for what they actually are: a coordinated far-right strategy to silence anti-racism voices, discredit civil society, and bury accountability under layers of racist innuendo. For years, ENAR and our member organisations have been…
Co-authored with Queerstion Brussels, Belgium – 20 June 2026 This joint statement exposes the contradiction at the heart of the EU’s approach to LGBTIQ+ rights and migration. While institutions position Europe as a defender of equality, racialised LGBTIQ+ refugees continue to face detention, deportation, surveillance, and systemic exclusion. These dynamics are not isolated, but rooted […] The post…
ENAR project, Eroding the Rule of Law: Racism and Migration in Europe, draws on fieldwork between 2024–2025 across 5 European borders: and 3 EU countries It is an in-depth investigation of migration governance in Europe, seeking both to document instances of profiling and violence, and to determine whether they represented isolated cases or formed part of a wider pattern of racialised […] The post…
Brussels, Belgium – 12 May 2026 It was an ordinary afternoon on a regional train heading into France. Agnes Lerolle, a civil society volunteer, watched as French border police moved through her carriage — stopping three young Black men for document checks. In the same carriage, a white Swiss family admitted they had left their […] The post “If One is Black, One is Targeted”: ENAR new Report…
Brussels, Belgium – 26 March 2026 On 25 March 2026, the United Nations General Assembly voted on a resolution titled “Permanent remembrance of the victims of the transatlantic slave trade and calls for reparative justice”, recognising the transatlantic slave trade as one of the gravest crimes against humanity, and demanding for reparations. The resolution was adopted with 123 votes in favour, 3…
Brussels, Belgium – 18 March 2026 ENAR is facing a significant funding disruption. Across Europe, advocating for racial justice and fighting structural racism is becoming increasingly difficult. The rise and normalisation of far-right ideologies and growing repression on social and racial justice work make it increasingly difficult for anti-racist organisations to operate. Today, the European…
A blog post by Emmanuel Achiri, Policy and Advocacy Advisor on Migration & Policing On 9 March, the European Parliament LIBE Committee is expected to vote on a new Deportation Regulation that would significantly expand the European Union’s powers to remove migrants from its territory. While framed as an administrative reform to migration governance, the regulation […] The post BLOG POST: The EU’s…
Brussels, Belgium – 6 March 2026 The European Commission adopted its Gender Equality Strategy 2026-2030 on 5 March 2026, ahead of International Women’s Day. ENAR recognises commitments that set a necessary floor: opposing backtracking on rights in a polarised Europe, strengthening action on gender-based violence (GBV) with focus on cyberviolence and deepfakes, and advancing global […] The post The…
