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Campaigners say 'Fortress Europe will fall' in migration debate

Original: (from Until Everyone Is Free) "FORTRESS EUROPE WILL FALL! What is Fortress Europe? We use "Fortress Europe" as a metapho

Activists are denouncing what they call 'Fortress Europe' — a metaphor for the European Union's tightening border controls, surveillance and repression of migrants. They trace the policy back to the 1990 Dublin Convention and argue the system will ultimately collapse. The slogan is circulating as migration and asylum policy remains one of the most contested issues in European politics.

Why now: EU migration and border policy remains a hotly contested topic, and activists are mobilising around criticism of it.

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• (from Until Everyone Is Free) "FORTRESS EUROPE WILL FALL! What is Fortress Europe? We use "Fortress Europe" as a metaphor to denounce Europe's attempts to further control, surveil and violently repress people designated as migrants. From the Dublin Convention (1990) to the… · AFA@todon.nl · 18

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