{"id":15339,"date":"2025-12-10T13:02:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/?p=15339"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:02:36","slug":"inside-europe-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/10\/inside-europe-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Europe&#8217;s Migration Machine: Rare first-hand accounts of immigration detention and deportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column]<figure class=\"vcex-image vcex-module\"><div class=\"vcex-image-inner wpex-relative wpex-inline-block\"><img width=\"1105\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Unseen_Lives.png\" class=\"vcex-image-img wpex-align-middle\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Unseen_Lives.png 1105w, https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Unseen_Lives-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Unseen_Lives-1024x718.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.migpolgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Unseen_Lives-768x539.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1105px) 100vw, 1105px\" \/><\/div><\/figure>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner]<div class=\"vcex-spacing wpex-w-100 wpex-clear\" style=\"height:60px;\"><\/div>[vc_column_text]\n<div class=\"document-page\" data-page=\"1\">\n<div class=\"pdf-page\">\n<div class=\"text-wrapper user-select-text\">\n<div data-canvas-width=\"212.476\">\n<p>The EU-funded FAiR research project has published \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/fair-return.org\/unseen-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unseen Lives<\/a>\u201d, a new powerful booklet gathering rare testimonies of people who experienced immigration detention, deportation and the long, uncertain journeys in between &#8211; from across Europe and beyond. The publication also features striking accounts of doctors, lawyers and volunteers working inside and against Europe\u2019s immigration system. The testimonies highlight the profound insecurity faced by people living undocumented in Europe &#8211; what scholars call \u201chyper-precarity\u201d: a condition marked by extreme instability, limited rights, and high vulnerability to exploitation. For those held in immigration detention, the testimonies show how this system is a structural injustice that causes widespread psycho-social, medical, legal and sometimes fatal harm.<\/p>\n<p>Among the stories featured in the booklet, you can read about:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"document-page\" data-page=\"1\">\n<div class=\"pdf-page\">\n<div class=\"text-wrapper user-select-text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dr. Nicola Cocco<\/strong>, humanitarian doctor and activist who visited the Milan immigration detention centre. He recounts open bathrooms without privacy, people sedated into silence, and violence during deportations.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sam<\/strong>, a Rwandan professional dancer arrested at Brussels Airport despite holding a valid passport. After four weeks in a dentention centre, a forced \u201cvoluntary\u201d return spiralled into a nightmare: Belgium\u2019s handling of his passport led to his imprisonment in Rwanda, separation from his Belgian wife and children, and years of ongoing trauma. His family is still fighting for justice \u2014 and for reunion.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maia<\/strong>, a Georgian mother who moved to Austria seeking essential medical treatment for her daughter. After surviving a cancer diagnosis, Maia and her family were deported back to Georgia in 2024, which left them without much-needed medical continuity.\u00a0 For people who have returned &#8211; whether voluntarily or by force &#8211; reintegration remains fraught. People who were returned or deported to Georgia, Iraq and Nigeria speak of exclusion, poverty, and stigma, with support structures often poorly adapted to their needs. The publication comes at a defining moment for EU migration policy. In March 2025, the European Commission proposed a Regulation establishing a \u201cCommon European System for Return,\u201d aimed at expanding and accelerating deportations. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/fair-return.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAiR\u2019s extensive research<\/a> shows that reliance on punitive measures, coercion, and detention is neither effective nor sustainable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Instead, <a href=\"https:\/\/fair-return.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Unseen-Lives_Stories-From-Inside-Europes-Migration-System-Web-3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unseen Lives<\/a> underscores the need for a shift in approach. <a href=\"https:\/\/fair-return.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">FAiR<\/a> recommends:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"document-page\" data-page=\"2\">\n<div class=\"pdf-page\">\n<div class=\"text-wrapper user-select-text\">\n<ul>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"276.2906666666665\"><strong>Prioritising alternatives to return<\/strong>, including accessible regularisation pathways and inclusive policies that enable access to rights &#8211; measures shown to strengthen social cohesion and support labour markets.<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"276.2906666666665\"><strong>Investing in return and reintegration programmes<\/strong> that are adequate, sustainable, and shaped by the experiences and needs of returnees themselves.<\/li>\n<li data-canvas-width=\"276.2906666666665\"><strong>Upholding fundamental rights<\/strong> for every person, regardless of status, with robust procedural safeguards, independent monitoring, and post-return oversight. Crucially, the booklet calls for policies that centre the voices of undocumented people and those with direct experience of detention and return, alongside civil society actors working in the field.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div data-canvas-width=\"449.8853333333332\">Requests for information and interviews about the topics and storylines included in the booklet can be addressed to press contact.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">About the Migration Policy Group (MPG)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\">MPG is an independent think-and-do-tank based in Brussels. 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