Border Violence Monitoring Network

Border Violence Monitoring Network
Founded2016 (2016)
TypeNon-profit NGO
FocusHuman rights, Activism
Area served
Europe and the Western Balkans
FieldsHuman Rights Monitoring, Legal and Political Advocacy, Campaigns, Research
Websitewww.borderviolence.eu

The Border Violence Monitoring Network (BVMN) is a coalition of over 12 organizations whose stated goal is "documenting illegal pushbacks & police violence by EU [European Union] member state authorities in the Western Balkans and Greece". The organization was founded in 2017 and is regarded as an authoritative source on pushbacks and refugee protection.

In 2018, BVMN recorded video footage of pushbacks along the Croatian–Bosnian border, which was widely circulated online. In 2019, it reported 3,251 pushbacks either from Croatia to Bosnia and Herzegovina or from Greece to Turkey. To date, BVMN has documented over 1387 pushbacks from 16 countries.

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