Podcasts about Fortress Europe

Frontex, the EU border agency is armed and is the only EU body to have a uniform. It's task is to guard the EU's borders and to implement the aggressive push back of migrants trying to escape war and poverty to reach Europe. With an increasing budget it also operates unaccountably. But as the EU tries to maintain "Fortress Europe" it's own system designed to maintain free-movement of labour within the Schengen Agreement area is beginning to fall apart. There are increasing numbers of instances of restrictions by individual countries on the Agreement's operation or of its suspension. The massive contradictions at the heart of the EU's management of migration are becoming impossible to ignore.

In 2015, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and repression were trying to reach safe havens in Europe. From his home in Norway, Tommy Olsen decided to travel to Greece, a major gateway for migrants and refugees. He joined hundreds of volunteers  helping the new arrivals and later created an NGO, the Aegean Boat Report, which monitors the plight of asylum seekers in Europe.Today, Olsen is a wanted man in Greece, caught up in a crackdown on refugees and people trying to defend their right to asylum.“I didn't know what I walked into,” Olsen says.Mary Lawlor, the UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, has condemned Greece's harsh migration policies and the way its government is targeting activists like Olsen. But she says Europe as a whole is also to blame.“The whole notion of migration is a dirty word now,” she says. “The whole notion of refugees is a dirty word now.”This week on Reveal, reporters Dinah Rothenberg and Viola Funk from the Berlin podcast studio ACB Stories take us to Greece, where refugees and human rights defenders face legal and sometimes physical attacks from authorities trying to seal the country's borders. Support Reveal's journalism at Revealnews.org/donatenow Subscribe to our weekly newsletter to get the scoop on new episodes at Revealnews.org/weekly Instagram

EU governments are outdoing each other in introducing tough anti-immigration measures, embracing policies that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. Poland is pushing to suspend the right to asylum, Germany has reinstated border controls, and Italy has opened two centres to process asylum seekers outside its borders. Now, EU leaders are considering ramping up deportations, aiming to send desperate people back to their countries of origin. All these measures point in the same direction: a Fortress Europe. Meanwhile, parties pushing for stricter immigration controls are gaining power in several EU countries and making significant strides in elections. And many citizens in host countries, feeling neglected by their governments and suffering from stagnant economic conditions, are increasingly hostile to migrants, seeing them as a burden on public resources and a threat to job security. What's really driving this new clampdown on migration? What does it mean for the future of Europe's approach to migration and human rights? And in this current political climate, what should our response be? Join Yanis Varoufakis, Miguel Duarte, Amir Kiyaei, Federico Dolce and Marie-Olivia Badarne as discuss Europe's migration policies and what it means for Europe. Tune in live and share your questions!

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack Thousands of Irish people head to the Canaries for their holidays. Most are blissfully unaware that the waters they swim in are arguably the deadliest to migrants anywhere in the world. Rejoining us in the tortoise shack is Madrid-based journalist, Eoghan Gilmartin, who visited the area and brings us up to date on what Fortress Europe is doing in our name. Read more from Eoghan here:https://bylinetimes.com/2024/10/02/canary-islands-el-hierro-migrant-crossings/ Journalist Abubaker Abed joined us from Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital where Palestinians were burnt alive by an Israeli airstrike last week. That podcast is out now here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-114494103

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Episode: 3130 A War of Concrete: The Mulberry Harbors and the Invasion of Normandy.  Today, a portable port saves the day.

• OGWN Live in Hove, Weds 9 Oct. Tickets here. The final Grenfell Tower fire report told a story of tragedy, greed, and dishonesty. What can Starmer's Labour Party learn from the mistakes made that led to 72 lost lives?  Plus, we speak to Andrew Connelly about the new podcast Fortress Europe, a seven-part podcast series that explores how years of brutal, dehumanising, anti-migrant policies have had their impact across the continent.  And in the final part of the show new research suggests more people are starting to agree that the Tories are “weird” – why?  We're on YouTube!: https://www.youtube.com/@ohgodwhatnow   www.patreon.com/ohgodwhatnow Presented by Ros Taylor with Hannah Fearn and Jonn Elledge. Producer: Chris Jones. Audio production by: Robin Leeburn. Video production by: Kieron Leslie and Chris Jones. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. OH GOD, WHAT NOW? is a Podmasters production Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, we're featuring two conversations relating to the so-called Green Border in Podlaskie region of eastern Poland, on the Belarus border concerning topics of migration, repression, militarization, nationalism and solidarity among residents and people on the move into Fortress Europe. Transcript H5Poland Podlaskie PDF (Unimposed) Zine (Imposed PDF) First up, you'll hear Alex, a member of the feminist anti-repression group, Szpila Collective, about the H5Poland case of 5 activists facing charges for aiding people in need in what could be a landmark case in Poland and Europe. More at Szpila.BlackBlogs.Org or on Mastodon: @Szpila@kolektiva.social [ 00:01:34 - 00:15:08] Then, you'll find a chat with an anarchist who grew up in this border region and returned in adulthood and whose affinity group does solidarity with people on the move through the Białowieża forest. [00:19:58 - 01:32:18] To hear past interviews about this border, check out our chat with two folks from Grupa Granica, or other chats where we've covered / carried chat about the border at Calais, the Mediterranean, the Balkan Route, Australia or the US / Mexico border. . ... . .. Featured Track: Help4Dunkerqe by Ratajkovsky

This week, we're sharing a presentation from the 2023 Another Carolina Anarchist Bookfair in so-called Asheville, NC. From the presentation: The Mediterranean Sea is Europe's deadliest border. For years, non-state actors like Sea-Watch and other NGO's have played a part in humanitarian search-and-rescue operations. In spite of legal repression and the technical challenges of maintaining a “civil fleet”, anarchists, anti-fascists, and other activists try to stop needless death at sea. Hear a report back from a wayward American yacht-punk who spent the summer doing rotations on two different SAR (Search And Rescue) ships. We'll discuss the general political situation, the reality of everyday operations and how you could get involved. One case Quoyle mentioned was the Luventa Crew in Italy, they were acquitted of all charges in April of 2024! For more audios from ACABookfair 2023, check out the site. To hear a 2023 interview we conducted with an activist with Maldusa on a similar topic, you can find it at our website. We also have this 2016 interview by A-Radio Berlin that we aired in 2016 about conditions  a No Border Camp in Greece. And here's one we conducted with an immigrant from Africa and a supporter in Germany in 2016. Also, check out this podcast called The Civil Fleet with voices of others involved in solidarity in the Mediterranean route. Announcement Sundiata Jawanza Mail Tampering? The only publicly identified Jailhouse Lawyers Speak activist, Sundiata Jawanza, is concerned that his outgoing mail is being tampered with. If you've been in contact with Sundiata and haven't heard back, please reach out to freejawanza@protonmail.com

In April, I went to Bihac, a small town in Bosnia near the border with Croatia, to see how the solidarity network No Name Kitchen (NNK) supports People on the Move there.    In this episode, NNK's volunteers in Bihac will tell us how they provide first aid, food and clothing to the People on the Move there, and how they document border violence.    We'll also talk with a few of the people trapped in Bosnia, who'll tell us about their journeys to the Balkan country, and the abuses they have faced from border guards at the edge of Fortress Europe. ---Get in touch---   Twitter: @FleetCivil   Mastodon: @civilfleet@kolektiva.social   Bluesky: @thecivilfleet.bsky.social   Instagram: thecivilfleet   info@civilfleet.com   civilfleet.com   Support:   ko-fi.com/civilfleet   ---Show Notes---   For more on No Name Kitchen, see their website here: nonamekitchen.org   Follow NNK on Twitter via @NoNameKitchen1   Follow them on Instagram: @no_name_kitchen    And listen to episodes 58 Part 2, 51, 41, and 6 of The Civil Fleet Podcast.   Want to know where Bihac is exactly? Check out this map: tinyurl.com/34txjd3d    Joe mentions the IWGB union. For more on them, check them out here: iwgb.org.uk   Joe also mentions Sea-Watch, one of the bigger refugee rescue groups operating in the Mediterranean. For more on them, see: sea-watch.org   And check out episodes 54, 43, 22, 7, and 1 of The Civil Fleet Podcast for more on Sea-Watch, too.    You can read Joe's article on the Chinese person he meet in Bosnia, here: nonamekitchen.org/a-new-friend-in-the-field-people-from-china-in-the-balkans-seeking-for-a-better-life/   

June 2024    To commemorate the 80th Anniversary of D-Day, we will be releasing 3 special episodes to tell the full story of The Longest Day. This second part is a complete remastering of our original Overlord episode with the addition of much new content. 80 years ago today, more than 150,000 Allied troops were boarding planes, gliders and landing craft as they prepared to invade Fortress Europe in Operation Overlord, the Normandy Invasion. Meanwhile, 200 miles away in the Buckinghamshire countryside the Codebreakers of GC&CS were also ready and waiting.  Naval Section spent the day decrypting German messages and forwarding that vital intelligence to Allied commanders, in many cases only two and a half hours after the German operators had sent them.   Today at Bletchley Park our Archive holds hundreds of these handwritten decrypts and using a selection of these we tell the story of The Longest Day. Our Research Officer, Dr Thomas Cheetham & Research Historian, Dr David Kenyon will be your guides, with the help of 12 of our Veterans' memories from that eventful day. This episode features the following from our Oral History archive: Margaret Bryant Colette Cook Jean Tocher Pat Davies Norah Brierley Eric Dodd Stanley Clegg Kenneth Case Gordon Rosenberg Jimmy Thirsk Aileen Hasdell Pam Harding Many thanks to Dr Ben Thomson for voicing our archival documents. Image: ©Bletchley Park Trust 2024 #BPark, #Bletchleypark, #WW2, #D-Day80,

It's 2024- the 80th anniversary of the "OPERATION OVERLORD"/ D-Day, the Allied Expeditionary Force assault on Hitler's Fortress Europe. To mark the occasion, we are back with episode 62 alum, Jon- aka @mosquito_boat- to discuss watches, the WWII Airborne Demonstration Team, and his upcoming airborne assault into Normandy as a WWII historical reenactor. Remember the Dick Winters character (I term I hesitate to use: MAJ Winters was very much a real person and a real hero of WWII) from "Band of Brothers"..? Well, Jon is all about keeping the memory of Winters, and those like him, alive and well in our collective memory! Oh... and he's a watch guy, too.

It is not only in the U-S and UK that border protection's on the ballot. Yes, the European Parliament vote on a migration pact was always going to be a nail biter, especially two months out from EU elections. We will ask about the result and about burden sharing, this as the numbers of those crossing the Mediterranean hit their highest since 2015.  Too much or too little? What goes for migration policy goes for the EU as a whole: after all, protecting so-called fortress Europe is Brussels' prerogative while immigration policy - deciding what foreign labor's needed for an aging continent - that is up to member states. What is the way forward? Produced by Andrew Hilliar, Rebecca Gnignati and Juliette Brown.

What's Brexit got to do with the ‘small boats' crisis? What does racialised border violence in the Channel tell us about 'Global Britain'? And what can we learn about the UK's approach to its borders from the Hong Kong BN(O) and Ukrainian visas? We discuss all of this and more as we turn a lens onto Fortress Britain.   Elena Zambelli explains what we mean when we talk about migrants' irregularisation. We're joined by Arshad Isakjee and Thom Davies talk about their research on the racialised border violence enacted by Fortress Europe and why we need to turn our attention to how this relates to the EU's liberal values. And Nando and Michaela turn the lens back onto UK and its post-Brexit borders as they discuss the new suite of ‘safe and legal (humanitarian) routes', and what these signal about the future of asylum within and beyond the UK.  You can access the full transcripts for each episode over on our website Who do we think we are? 

Gabriele Del Grande"Il secolo mobile"Mondadori Editorewww.mondadori.itCent'anni fa non esistevano passaporti, si viaggiava senza permessi né lasciapassare. Oggi, al contrario, il regime dei visti di Schengen vieta di entrare in Europa alla maggior parte dell'umanità: ovvero ai ceti poveri e prevalentemente non bianchi dei paesi a medio e basso reddito di Africa, Asia e Caraibi. Ai loro emigranti, respinti dai consolati, non resta che imbarcarsi di contrabbando dai porti franchi del Nord Africa e della Turchia.È così che negli ultimi trent'anni hanno attraversato il Mediterraneo tre milioni e mezzo di viaggiatori senza visto, mentre i corpi di altri cinquantamila giacciono tuttora sul fondo del mare mangiati dai pesci. Come siamo arrivati fin qui? E soprattutto, come ne usciremo?Con il rigore dello storico e il piglio del narratore, Gabriele Del Grande scrive la prima storia dell'immigrazione illegale in Europa. Una storia che spazia dallo sbarco delle truppe africane a Marsiglia nel 1914 fino alla crisi delle ONG a Lampedusa, passando per la stagione della libera circolazione con le ex colonie, il divieto di espatrio dal blocco comunista, i riots razzisti nelle capitali europee, la messa al bando dell'immigrazione non bianca, il crollo del muro di Berlino, il doppio cortocircuito dell'asilo e dei ricongiungimenti familiari e la stretta sui visti che dal 1991 alimenta il mercato nero dei viaggi.Nella sua ricostruzione Del Grande non perde di vista il contesto globale della decolonizzazione, della segregazione razziale oltreoceano, della guerra fredda, dell'ascesa dei movimenti islamisti, del ritorno della Cina e dell'India sulla scena mondiale e del boom demografico – e in prospettiva economico – dell'Africa.Il risultato è una narrazione avvincente, che intreccia le vicende dell'immigrazione con quelle dell'emigrazione e, al contempo, contrappone ai fantasmi del passato suprematista euro-atlantico uno sguardo cautamente ottimista sul futuro. Porre fine agli sbarchi e ai naufragi, infatti, è possibile. Prima però è necessario rimuovere l'ultima invisibile linea del colore. Quella dell'apartheid alla frontiera.Gabriele Del Grande ha lavorato per oltre dieci anni come reporter sul tema delle migrazioni tra Africa e Europa. Nel 2006 ha creato il primo osservatorio sulle vittime della frontiera, Fortress Europe. Da allora ha condotto ricerche in una trentina di paesi tra le due sponde del Mediterraneo e il Sahel, realizzando numerosi reportage per la stampa italiana e internazionale. È co-regista del film Io sto con la sposa (2014) e autore di diversi libri, tradotti anche in spagnolo e in tedesco. Per Mondadori ha pubblicato Dawla. La storia dello Stato islamico raccontata dai suoi disertori (2018).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itQuesto show fa parte del network Spreaker Prime. Se sei interessato a fare pubblicità in questo podcast, contattaci su https://www.spreaker.com/show/1487855/advertisement

As the dawn of November 8, 1942 broke, a wave of uncertainty swept across the decks of the Allied invasion fleet. Thousands of American and British soldiers, sailors, and airmen cast nervous glances at each other, their faces lit intermittently by the soft glow of their vessels' lights reflected off the undulating Mediterranean waters. They were about to embark on a mission unprecedented in its scale and audacity: Operation Torch, the largest amphibious invasion undertaken thus far in World War II. This operation wasn't taking them to the beaches of France or the islands of the Pacific. Instead, they were sailing towards the shores of French North Africa, a region dominated by the Vichy French government, a puppet of Adolf Hitler's seemingly invincible Nazi regime. The goal was to open a new front against the Axis powers, to relieve pressure on the beleaguered Soviet Union, and ultimately, to strike a blow against Hitler's Fortress Europe.  Operation Torch was a gamble, one borne of strategic necessity and fraught with diplomatic and military risks. Yet, in the grand epic of World War II, it emerged as a pivotal chapter, an event that transformed the course of the war and set the stage for the final push towards victory. This is the story of Operation Torch: a saga of audacious strategy, brave men, uncertain alliances, hard-fought battles, and the forging of a path to victory from the heat and dust of North Africa. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ww2-stories/support

Please join us at patreon.com TW: Contains subjects that people may find upsetting. But please listen. It was a great to be rejoined on the podcast by co-founder of secondtree.org Giovanni Fontana, to get an update on the campaign to get justice for Fatmata, who was shot and killed in April by a border police officer. There is, thanks to the work of Giovanni and others, some good news and a trial now looks likely. But the path to here has been exceptionally difficult, including the morgue asking for a bribe of €8,500 just to release Fatmata's body. Giovanni speaks passionately and cogently about Fortress Europe, Frontex and the lethal barriers we, as voters, place in front of people seeking a better life. There is good in the world and second tree are a force for it. Thanks, Gio. Support their work at secondtree.org

In today's episode we sit down and talk with Benedik Kern, about the asylum system in Germany and the EU. Our guest tells us about the work that his organization is doing organizing so-called “church asylums” and “citizen asylums”, wherein churches and individual citizens offer safe places for people avoiding the Dublin system to hide from authorities. The main topic of the discussion is the coming change in the EU asylum system. It entails the outsourcing of the entire asylum procedure outside the EU, to camps in bordering countries that are considered safe. With this, there will be no more asylum procedure within the EU borders per se, fundamentally changing the whole movement landscape. The new law first has to be voted in the EU parliament and then implemented by individual countries in their national legal system, thus taking some years to come into effect. We talk with Benedikt about ways we can fight the consolidation of Fortress Europe, and how this must necessarily entail at least regional cooperation between groups and movements. ===== Re(Sources): Institute for Theology and Politics https://www.itpol.de/ Church Asylum homepage https://www.kirchenasyl.de Citizens' asylum affinity group (in Münster , Germany) https://buergerinnenasylmuenster.blackblogs.org/ Materials on the asylum situation (via PRO ASYL, an organization fighting for the rights of asylum seekers) https://www.proasyl.de/thema/eu-asylpolitik/ https://www.proasyl.de/news/faq-zur-geplanten-reform-des-gemeinsamen-europaeischen-asylsystems-geas/ https://www.proasyl.de/en/news/ceas-breaches-of-core-legal-principles-are-going-to-become-the-new-normal/ Benedikt's article on church asylum and an interview about its 40th anniversary in August 2023 https://www.buergergesellschaft.de/fileadmin/pdf/gastbeitrag_kern_210520.pdf https://www.katholisch.de/artikel/46751-theologe-kirchenasyl-entscheidend-fuer-relevanz-der-kirchen About the deportation of Moldavian workers from Germany https://www.tagesspiegel.de/berlin/warum-so-viele-moldawier-aus-berlin-abgeschoben-werden-5046916.html Artwork by Saad Shahriar of postcolonial cafe and unrest radio flickr: @unrestradio apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/unrest-radio/id1659525221 Music: Comunitate, by Sofia Zadar spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3F4Ec4iFdVp4Pmzhw2Zrd1 fb: @sofiazadar

France is imposing tight border controls on neighboring Italy to make them turn away refugees. For a long time, the EU has been working towards opening its internal borders, but the refugee crisis has made that goal more difficult to achieve.

Kurdish-Swedish comedian Özz Nujen joins me to talk about his family's extraordinary flight from Turkey to Sweden in search of refuge, how the country has changed and how its application to join NATO has once again put the Kurds in the firing line. We also cover the shame of Fortress Europe, where migrants are left to drown in the Mediterranean.

This bonus episode features the full length recording of Elspeth Guild, legal scholar and counsel and our guest in Season 3 Episode 2, offering deep insights into the development of the EU's free movement regime, from its early form as a structure supporting the mobility of workers to its current form linked to EU citizenship. She reflects on the conditions that led to its introduction, how it's understood by governments, but also those who have taken up the opportunities it offers, as well as how is sits in the broader context of Fortress Europe and the ongoing politicisation of asylum. 

Please join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack On April 19th a 23 year old woman was shot and killed by police in North Macedonia, after having her asylum application rejected in Greece. Fatmata was a warm and lively young woman. She had recently told her husband, Abu Bakar, that she was pregnant. Her friends and family are devastated, but are seeking justice for Fatmata in the hopes that incidents like this will not reoccur. Joining us from North Macedonia is founder of secondtree.org and friend of Fatmata and Abu Bakar, Giovanni Fontana. He tells us about the wonderful woman he knew, the dangers Fortress Europe and bad migrant policies are creating and how the fight for justice for Fatmata is a fight for all. The Is Green Capitalism Possible reboot podcast is out now here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/patron-exclusive-82288728

Besa Luci in conversation with Gorana Mlinarević and Lura Pollozhani.Migration is a topic people in the Balkans are far too familiar with. Whether we're talking about the current economic migration to the West that is draining the region, or the millions who fled their homes in the 1990s due to the break-up of Yugoslavia and the ensuing wars, there's hardly a single person who doesn't have some first or second-hand experience with migration.The topic of migration became salient again to the Balkans in 2015, when hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria, Afghanistan and a host of Middle Eastern and North African countries, fleeing war and poverty, made their way across what became known as “the Balkan route.”Though the difficult images of bedraggled people walking for hundreds of miles inspired tremendous displays of solidarity and support, the longer term policy and political response of much of Europe was a re-commitment to blocking, with barbed wire and police batons, the refugee paths up through Europe's southern border.Migration remains as relevant as ever for the Balkans, Europe and the globe. Kosovars remain in a seemingly never-ending visa regime by the EU and Albanians are the target of government and media campaigns of xenophobia in the U.K. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion in 2022 initially received great affection and care across the EU — though this highlighted a discrepancy between Ukrainians' warm welcome and the EU's treatment towards other equally deserving refugees.Gorana Mlinarević and Lura Pollozhani joined us on this episode to discuss what is going on in the Balkans and in the EU in terms of migration.Gorana Mlinarević, wrote an article for K2.0 back in 2021 titled “Why we must show feminist solidarity with people on the long road west?” that explored the idea of “Fortress Europe,” that is, how Europe has walled itself off and often refused to offer shelter to those who need it. She is an independent researcher who explores the intersections between identity politics and the economic and social realities of post-war societies.Lura Pollozhani is a researcher at the Centre for Southeast European Studies at the University of Graz. She focuses on issues related to women, radicalization and social movements. She most recently wrote for K2.0 about the EU's continued slowness at welcoming North Macedonia and its citizens into Europe's institutions.This episode is produced as part of Human Rightivism, a project funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) and implemented by the Community Development Fund. The views expressed in it do not necessarily reflect the views of SIDA.

Stängsel och taggtråd har gått från dystopi till realitet när snart sagt hela EU har hägnats in. Hör om hur EU bytt morot till piska i migrationspolitiken och hur nästa migrationskris ska avvärjas. Fortress Europe, Fästning Europa. Efter millennieskiftet dök det 40-tals osande begreppet upp som något av ett skällsord, när europeiska liberaler anklagade högerkrafter för att vilja skärma av Europa från resten av världen. Nu är förskansningen snudd på ett faktum. Medlemsländerna har byggt sammanlagt mellan 1000-2000 kilometer stängsel längs med unionens yttre gränser. Samtidigt ökar antalet migranter som kommer till EU, inte sedan flyktingkrisåret 2016 har så många människor sökt asyl i EU som 2022 och fler väntas i år. Det brinner därmed i knutarna att ta sig an det som fler befarar kan bli en ny migrationskris och en stor fråga som fått ny aktualitet är huruvida EU ska bekosta gränsstängsel eller inte. Det här att migranter används som vapen mot EU. Det ledde till panik häromåret och en mycket hårdare hållning från EU:s sida, säger Susanne Palme om det skiftade tonläget i unionen. Hör också om den senaste dramatiska utvecklingen i Moldavien, där premiärministern avgick i fredags. Dagen innan hade Ukrainas president Zelenskyj besökt Bryssel och berättat om ryska långtgående planer på en statskupp i landet. Uppgifter som senare även bekräftats av Moldaviens president. Medverkande: Susanne Palme, EU-kommentator. Daniel Alling, Tysklandskorrespondent. Marie Nilsson Boij, Sydeuropakorrespondent. Johanna Melén, utrikesreporter. Programledare: Caroline Salzinger Producent: Therese Rosenvinge Tekniker: Heinz Wennin

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IN today's episode, we speak with Yambio David Oliver, founder of the campaign group Refugees in Libya.    He tells us why he had to flee his home in South Sudan, about working in a gold mine in Chad and why he was forced to make the deadly desert crossing into Libya.   We hear about his time in the North African country, where he was treated like a slave, forced to join a militia, and made multiple attempts to escape across the Mediterranean.    He tells us about the Libyan Coastguards, who pushed him back to Libya from Maltese waters, about the police raids on refugees in Tripoli, and how the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) failed to protect them.    He tells us how he brought international attention to the plight of refugees in Libya, how his activism made him a target for the militias, and how he finally managed to escape the country.    ---Show notes---   For more on Refugees In Libya, see their blog here: refugeesinlibya.org, and The Civil Fleet's coverage here: bit.ly/3dwbsD7    Follow Refugees in Libya on Twitter: @RefugeesinLibya  You can read The Civil Fleet's previous interviews with Yambio here: bit.ly/3phm633 and here: bit.ly/3PmmcRy    Here's a response from the UNHCR on the situation outside its community day care centre in Tripoli in January: bit.ly/3bPFCAP   Early on in the interview, Yambio refers to himself as an IDP, an internally displaced person. You can read more about IPD on the UNHCR's website here: bit.ly/3PoGARY    If you need to see a map of Central and North Africa, and of the countries Yambio speaks about, see here: bit.ly/3dtYhT8   This 2016 Vox video seems to have a good (though US-centric) explanation of the Sudanese Civil War and South Sudanese Civil War: bit.ly/3BYKv58   Read this Al Jazeera article on child soldiers in South Sudan: bit.ly/3Au4qI9    Here's a couple of interesting articles on the gold mines in Chad: bit.ly/3piqbE5 and bit.ly/3C4jP2H   For more on the Italy-Libya Memorandum of Understanding, see episode 19 of The Civil Fleet podcast with Italian journalist Lorenzo D'Agostino. For more on Mohammed Al-Khoja and Bija, see this story by The Africa Report bit.ly/3C5BZBf, and this Guardian story: bit.ly/3pimX3v     For more on Alarm Phone, see episodes 3 and 5.   Get in touch: @FleetCivil info@civilfleet.com civilfleet.com   Support:  ko-fi.com/civilfleet

Episode: 3130 A War of Concrete: The Mulberry Harbors and the Invasion of Normandy.  Today, a portable port saves the day.

Are we in danger of weaponising Christianity as a bulwark against Islam? Would it be more fruitful to pay more attention to the period in medieval Spain when the three Abrahamic faiths collaborated and prospered? Akbar Ahmed and Seherish Abrar take a long view... Like this podcast? Please help us by writing a review

If you have seen the shocking images of the 37 people killed at the Moroccan/Spanish Border enclave of Melilla you will know why so many people are correctly calling out Fortress Europe for its migration policy double standards. Joining me to discuss these tragic and horrific events, the EU/Spanish Govts role in same and what it means for the looming food crisis is Madrid based journalist, Eoghan Gilmartin. We also take a look at the other regimes the EU is doing deals with in order to outsource migrant abuses. Eoganh's piece is available to read here:https://jacobin.com/2022/06/europe-spain-morocco-border-killings-psoe-sanchez/ and his podcast The Sobremesa Podcast is available wherever you get your podcasts. Join us at patreon.com/tortoiseshack

Felicity Beckett speaks to the cast of Operation Mincemeat about their new film.  1943. The Allied forces are determined to launch an all-out assault on Fortress Europe. Two intelligence officers (Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen) have a plan so bizarre it might just work: disguise the body of a recently-deceased man, equip it with misleading papers, then drop it off the coast of Spain where Nazi spies would take the bait.

On 6th June 1944, HMS Belfast supported troops in action on the beaches of Normandy in the campaign to liberate Europe from Nazi Germany. This audiobook recounts this extraordinary story, focusing on the dramatic events of 6th June but setting the context of the ship's history in the Arctic Convoy Service and Battle of North Cape. It describes the build-up to D-Day as seen and experienced by Belfast's people and explains her role in the longer Battle for Normandy. Using first-hand accounts from IWM's rich collection of oral testimonies, diaries, and memoirs, HMS Belfast at D-Day brings to life her leading role in the largest invasion operation in history.

This week Mick and Clare are in Lesvos, Greece for the trial of Amir Zahiri and Akif Razuli who are being prosecuted as "people smugglers" for trying to seek asylum. They face 50 years each. We discuss their case and how Fortress Europe is allowing member states to criminalise asylum seekers through anti-smuggling laws. We also discuss a recent trip to Lithuania for another trial- this time that of Algirdas Paleckis, a writer being charged with espionage. Finally, the latest on the war in Ukraine.

The French town of Calais is at the heart of a massive security infrastructure program meant to keep refugees and migrants from crossing the English Channel into the United Kingdom. Over the past 20 years, French and British authorities have spent hundreds of millions of pounds on walls, fences, cameras, more police, and security agents to keep people away from the shores. In order to do so, private firms have benefited from multi-year contracts to build, maintain or operate in the city and specifically around the port and railway tunnel areas. Rights organizations and other NGOs say that the infrastructure only forces migrants and refugees to seek out more perilous routes to the UK. Journalists Margaux Benn and Judith Chetrit report from the ground and shed light on this corner of Fortress Europe.

As the EU looks to advance its Capital Market Union and Single Market plans, one key issue stands on its way: reducing differences between national laws and providing European institutions with a single set of rules to follow – the Single Rulebook. Josina Kamerling talks us through the concept of supervisory convergence and recent developments around the theme as she poses the question: is the EU trying to become a fortress or open its doors for dialogue?

In this week's episode, host Maryam Tanwir and panellist Yasmin Homer discuss the role of technology in the securitization of European borders with MEP Patrick Breyer and researcher Ainhoa Ruiz. It was 71 years ago that the 1951 UN Refugee Convention codified the rights of refugees to seek sanctuary and the obligation of states to protect them. In 2015 Angela Merkel famously declared, “Wir schaffen das,” that we can do it. Yet, in 2021, the International Organisation for Migration has described 2021 as the deadliest year for migration routes to and within Europe since 2018. At least 1315 people died on the central Mediterranean crossing, while at least 41 lives were lost at the land border between Turkey and Greece. The creation of a “Fortress Europe” emerges as an issue beyond borders, getting to the heart of what it means to be a citizen in a globalised, technologized world. It combines political, social, and economic interests, with the inclusion of private interests and the development of border technology for “corporate interest.” The question of accountability is at the core: if state policy includes, and can depend, upon the lobbying of private security companies, who are they beholden too? If this technology is produced for commercial interest, can its application be done fairly, without bias, or without profit? Securitisation constructs a constant psychological reality of war, impinging on the rights of those trying to get in the fortress, and those already inside. The only difference between the two is luck of circumstance.

In the final episode of 2021, Andrew Sola and our resident EU expert Dr. Guenter Danner discuss EU refugee policy, the Dublin Agreement, and Fortress Europe; the challenges facing the new German coalition government in 2022; and the likely candidates in the French presidential election coming up in April.

In a stunning move, the armies of Nazi Germany annihilated the French military and captured Paris, the crown jewel of Europe, in a matter of a few weeks. As Adolf Hitler tightened his grip on the City of Lights, the shocked Allies regrouped and began planning for a daring counterattack into Fortress Europe. The longer the Nazis held the city, the greater danger its citizens faced. By 1944, over 120,000 Parisians died, and countless more tortured in the city's Gestapo prisons and sent to death camps. The exiled general Charles de Gaulle, headquartered in the bar of London's Connaught Hotel, convinced General Dwight Eisenhower to put Paris before Berlin. Unless Paris was taken immediately, he told him, the City of Light would be leveled. The race for Paris begins.Today's guest is Martin Dugar, author of “Taking Paris: The Epic Battle for the City of Lights.” We discuss the story of the people who set that city free and the account of the battle for the heart and soul of Paris in one of the twentieth century's darkest moments.

As I'm taking a bit of a break, I thought I'd share with you a recording published by the Sara Jeva Collective. Listen to those who became victims of illegal pushbacks in Croatia. The reports deal with flight, racism and policeviolence against migrants and refugees. Links: https://twitter.com/JevaSara/status/1446739260112097282 https://reportssarajevo.blackblogs.org/ Related episodes on The Fire These Times: Episode 35: The European Union's Violence Against Asylum Seekers, with Jack Sapoch, coordinator of No Name Kitchen‘s border violence reporting, itself part of the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN). Episode 49: Moria Camp and the Deadly Cost of Fortress Europe, with Ghias Al Jundi, a Syrian-British human rights activist, about the 2020 fires at the Moria camp in Greece Just look them up wherever you listen to this podcast!

The European Union is at loggerheads with Belarus over the arrival of thousands of migrants. It alleges that President Lukashenko has created a deliberate crisis by facilitating the migrants' travel into Belarus and onwards to the country's borders with EU members Poland, Lithuania and Latvia. Belarus says the EU is breaching its humanitarian obligations by blocking the entry of those seeking asylum. The question of what to do with migrants is one of the most divisive issues within the EU. Its southern and eastern member countries - where the bulk of migrants arrive - are calling for a more equitable distribution of refugees among member states. They also want more money to support for processing of new arrivals. Meanwhile in western and northern European states, the rise of far-right groups is being seen as a warning to politicians not to be too accommodating to newcomers. So how does the EU fulfil its international obligations around migration while keeping a lid on populist opposition to it? Ritula Shah is joined by a panel of experts. Producers: Junaid Ahmed and Paul Schuster.

This is a conversation with Aida A. Hozić. She is an Associate Professor of International Relations and Associate Chair of the Department of Political Science at the University of Florida, United States. Her research is situated at the intersection of political economy, cultural studies, and international security. Her current research project explores interplays between feminist art, “manly” conceptualisations of warfare, and the growth of art markets in the 21st century. A recent essay of hers, the focus of this conversation is: Dayton, WPS and the entrenched “manliness” of ethnic power-sharing peace agreements. Topics Discussed: The 1995 Dayton Accords and its context The patriarchal aspect of these accords, and what they erase The gendered impact of the accords Women Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda: background and why it matters Bosnia-Belgium comparisons Bosnia-Lebanon comparisons, including looking at ongoing impacts of Ta'if in Lebanon and Dayton in Bosnia How Bosnia influenced the 2011 Arab Spring and responses to it The multiple Syrias, multiple Bosnias What do we really mean by ‘intervention' (Bosnia, Rwanda, Libya, Syria) The work of Walid Raad The work of Azra Hromadžić ‘Peace' accords as ‘appeasing men who have guns' The problem with simplistic ‘anti-imperialism' How the EU sees Bosnia ‘Big powers' politics Fortress Europe and the ‘Balkan Route' The relationship between ethnic politics, the National Action Plans (NAPs), and the implementation of the Women Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in the Bosnia and Herzegovina's transition How gender analysis also helps us focus on ‘who else is missing' Recommended Books A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture by Marguerite Feitlowitz The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov The Political Economy of Violence Against Women by Jacqui True Resources I've mentioned: Post-War Reconstruction in Contested Cities: Comparing Urban Outcomes in Beirut and Sarajevo by Gruia Badescu Localise the Women, Peace and Security Agenda – WILPF

This is a conversation with Syrian-British human rights activist Ghias Al Jundi about the recent fires at the Moria camp for refugees and migrants in Greece. The fires that burned through the camp left thousands houseless, turning a situation that was already described as a living hell into something even worse. Please check the links below for readings on that. Ghias has been going frequently to Greece to help refugees who make the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean Sea, a reality that is the result of the European Union's decision to demonise migration and asylum. The EU has made it impossible for refugees to reach Fortress Europe via the land. [For more on that you can listen to episode 35 (July 6, 2020) on the deadly 'Balkan Route', with Jack Sapoch, coordinator of No Name Kitchen‘s border violence reporting, itself part of the Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN).] He also knows very well what it means to leave one's home as he himself fled Syria in 1998 after surviving torture in Hafez Assad's dungeons. This direct connection is something that I think is reflected in our own conversation. As he told me in the episode, seeing migrants and refugees try and reach Europe's shores felt like Syria was coming to him this time. If you'd like to support Ghias' fundraising effort to help those displaced by the Moria fires, you can do so at this link. As for articles related to the Moria fires, you'll find them on the associated blogpost on thefirethisti.me

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Political themes Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David for ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)', a sci-fi political roleplaying game about personal failure and government, written by https://twitter.com/tckoppang (Tim C Koppang) and published by http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying). ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)' is an RPG designed specifically for two players. One player takes on the role of the colony's appointed “saviour,” while the other is responsible for all the various problems that are plaguing the citizens of Mars. As the game progresses, the saviour will face a constant struggle between competence and failure, honesty and deception. You can buy ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)' and download game resources on the http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying) website. Timestamps Content note: 00:00:00 Episode starts: 00:01:11 Intro: 00:01:20 Recap and gameplay overview: 00:01:48 Restart of 'Mars Colony' one-shot/Scene 9: Personal scene 3: 00:06:44 Scene 10: Opposition scene 4: 00:09:44 Scene 11: Progress scene 4: 00:15:57 Complete failure: 00:16:53 Scene 12: Progress scene 5: 00:17:51 New health marker: 00:27:14 Scene 13: Opposition scene 5: 00:28:20 Scene 14: Progress scene 6: 00:31:16 Third deception: 00:41:35 Scene 15: Personal scene 4: 00:47:33 New health marker: 00:49:24 Scene 16: Personal scene 5: 00:50:01 Scene 17: Opposition scene 6: 00:55:23 Scene 18: Progress scene 7: 00:58:32 Scandal/Opposition scene 7: 01:01:30 Scene 19: Progress scene 8: 01:05:40 Complete failure: 01:08:08 Scene 20: Progress scene 9: 01:09:13 Fourth deception: 01:09:52 Fifth deception: 01:14:56 Sixth deception: 01:17:12 Endgame: Closing vignettes: 01:22:14 Closing vignettes: 01:22:47 Outro and credits: 01:29:00  Credits The http://www.wairpodcast.com ('What Am I Rolling?') podcast was created, recorded and edited by Fiona Howat. The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat. This episode's players were Fiona Howat and David T. Cox. This episode's RPG one-shot was ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)', a sci-fi political roleplaying game about personal failure and government, written by https://twitter.com/tckoppang (Tim C Koppang) and published by http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying). You can buy ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)' and download game resources on the http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying) website. The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (http://www.twinmusicom.org/ (twinmusicom.org)), licensed under a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (Creative Commons 4.0 License). Additional music in this episode: ‘Fortress Europe' by https://www.youtube.com/user/danbodan/featured (Dan Bodan) ‘Lord of the Dawn' by https://www.youtube.com/user/nightimegallagher/videos (Jesse Gallagher) If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: http://www.WAIRpodcast.com (www.WAIRpodcast.com). Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at WhatAmIRollingPodcast@gmail.com. Follow the podcast on https://twitter.com/WAIR_podcast (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/wair_podcast/ (Instagram) (@WAIR_Podcast) for the latest news on episodes. Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/WAIR_Podcast (WAIR Podcast) #AdventurersNeedNotApply

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Political themes Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by David for ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)', a sci-fi political roleplaying game about personal failure and government, written by https://twitter.com/tckoppang (Tim C Koppang) and published by http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying). ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)' is an RPG designed specifically for two players. One player takes on the role of the colony's appointed “saviour,” while the other is responsible for all the various problems that are plaguing the citizens of Mars. As the game progresses, the saviour will face a constant struggle between competence and failure, honesty and deception. You can buy ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)' and download game resources on the http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying) website. Timestamps Content note: 00:00:00 Episode start: 00:01:11 Intro: 00:01:20 Overview: 00:02:45 Setup: Stage 1: Creating Fear Cards: 00:04:51 Fear Card Creation: 00:05:19 Setup: Stage 2: Creating political parties: 00:06:57 Political parties creation: 00:07:34 Setup: Stage 3: Creating key governor characters: 00:10:55 Creating key governor characters: 00:11:27 Set up: Stage 4: Tokens: 00:16:04 Tokens: 00:16:35 Set up: Stage 5: The saviour chooses a political party: 00:16:49 The saviour chooses a political party: 00:16:59 Set up: Stage 6: Creating Kelly's sympathy: 00:17:17 Creating Kelly's sympathy: 00:17:44 Set up: Stage 7: Creating colony health markers: 00:20:00 Creating colony health markers: 00:20:20 Start of ‘Mars Colony' oneshot/Opening vignette: 00:21:56 Framing scenes: 00:25:20 Scene 1: Opposition scene 1: 00:26:21 Progress scenes: 00:32:50 Scene 2: Progress scene 1: 00:34:27 Failure, deception, humiliation & scandal: 00:36:37 First deception: 00:38:43 Second deception: 00:41:36 Scene 3: Personal scene 1: 00:44:36 Scene 4: Opposition scene 2: 00:49:56 Scene 5: Progress scene 2: 00:59:59 Scene 6: Personal scene 2: 01:08:06 Scene 7: Opposition scene 3: 01:13:32 Scene 8: Progress 3: 01:22:06 Outro and credits: 01:31:17 Credits The http://www.wairpodcast.com ('What Am I Rolling?') podcast was created, recorded and edited by Fiona Howat. The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat. This episode's players were Fiona Howat and David T. Cox. This episode's RPG one-shot was ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)', a sci-fi political roleplaying game about personal failure and government, written by https://twitter.com/tckoppang (Tim C Koppang) and published by http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying). You can buy ‘http://www.tckroleplaying.com/marscolony/ (Mars Colony)' and download game resources on the http://www.tckroleplaying.com/index.html (TCK roleplaying) website. The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (http://www.twinmusicom.org/ (twinmusicom.org)), licensed under a https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (Creative Commons 4.0 License). Additional music in this episode: ‘Fortress Europe' by https://www.youtube.com/user/danbodan/featured (Dan Bodan) ‘Lord of the Dawn' by https://www.youtube.com/user/nightimegallagher/videos (Jesse Gallagher) If you want to find out more about the podcast, check out the 'What Am I Rolling?' podcast website: http://www.WAIRpodcast.com (www.WAIRpodcast.com). Fancy getting in touch? Email the podcast at WhatAmIRollingPodcast@gmail.com. Follow the podcast on https://twitter.com/WAIR_podcast (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/wair_podcast/ (Instagram) (@WAIR_Podcast) for the latest news on episodes. Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/WAIR_Podcast (WAIR Podcast) #AdventurersNeedNotApply

I spoke with Berlin-based British writer, poet, broadcaster and musician Musa Okwonga, who also co-hosts the popular football podcast Stadio. Musa frequently writes for The Bylines Times and for The Guardian, among others. Musa was a guest of my previous podcast, Hummus For Thought, and I wanted to have him on here to hear his reflections of these past several weeks now under social distancing. We spoke about his experience growing up black in the UK, his move to Germany and how both countries have dealth with the Covid-19 pandemic. We also spoke about the treatment of refugees trying to reach Fortress Europe's borders, how the world failed Syria and about the importance of acknowledging how widespread the dehumanisation of racialised groups of people has become. You can follow the podcast on Twitter @FireTheseTimes and Instagram @thefirethesetimes. If you like what I do, please consider supporting this project with only 1$ a month on Patreon or on BuyMeACoffee.com. You can also do so directly on PayPal if you prefer. Patreon is for monthly, PayPal is for one-offs and BuyMeACoffee has both options.

July 17, 2019 - Mr. Jared Frederick Along the steep cliffs and thick, mazelike hedgerows of Normandy, American Soldiers broke Hitler's “Fortress Europe” and flooded France with a new sense of freedom. The American public was glued to their newspapers and radios, awaiting updates from intrepid war correspondents covering the invasion from the front lines. In this lecture, the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center welcomes acclaimed local historian and Penn State Altoona Professor Jared Frederick, author of Dispatches of D-Day: A People's History of the Normandy Invasion to discuss, in vivid detail, the reality of Operation Overlord. Frederick will tell the story of D-Day, not from the perspective of historians or politicians, but rather through the voices of those who were there. For video of the USHAEC's podcasts, or to learn more about the USAHEC, find education support for teachers, researchers, and soldiers, or to find more programs at the USAHEC, please visit our website at www.usahec.org.

A disgruntled space explorer makes first contact with a strange new life form. Songs are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution license: Mars Cantina by The Whole Other; On Hold by Silent Partner; Fortress Europe by Dan Bodan; Brain Trust by Wayne Jones; White Hats by Wayne Jones; Beyond the Lows by The Whole Other; Sad Cyclops by Podington Bear; Who Am I by Text Me Records

As a follow-up to victory in North Africa, the Allies began an attack on Hitler's "Fortress Europe." On July 10, 1943 the landings at Sicily with more than 150,000 Allied troops met little opposition. On land, the operation progressed well as General Patton's 7th Army pushed towards Palermo, and General Montgomery's 8th Army battled up the island's east coast. The conquest of Sicily was accomplished in 38 days, paving the way for an invasion of the Italian mainland.

Mass immigration has lately commanded media attention in both North America and Europe. The issue of separating children from parents in groups of immigrants attempting to illegally enter the US has liberal elites and extreme leftists howling at the sky again, and openly threatening violence on Trump 'and anyone who votes for him'. Across the Atlantic, Italy's new 'populist' government has begun preventing migrant ships from docking at their ports, provoking an almighty row between...

The European migrant crisis is all over the news. This week on the Heartland Labor Forum, we'll look into the crises behind the crisis including: war, imperialism, and poverty. Why […] The post Breaking into Fortress Europe: Migrants Across the Mediterranean appeared first on KKFI.