Border Violence Monitoring Network

BVMN is a network of multiple grassroots organisations and NGOs working along the Balkan Route and Greece, documenting violations at borders directed towards people-on-the-move.
The case reports on the common database www.borderviolence.eu are mainly compiled by volunteers working either independently or with the NGOs No Name Kitchen, Rigardu, [Re:]ports Sarajevo, Balkan Info Van, Escuela con Alma, Collective Aid and Fresh Response. We also work closely with Are You Syrious and Center for Peace Studies in the field of political interest representation and advocacy.

Due to the close social contact we have as independent volunteers with people attempting transit through countries like Serbia or Bosnia-Herzegovina, we have observed the effects of push-backs which have been increasingly accompanied by physical violence. After years of receiving similar reports, it became obvious that these were not isolated episodes, but rather part of a wider, systematic deterrence strategy.