Good.’Brutal barriers’? A closer look at the EU’s eastern border

‘Brutal barriers’? A closer look at the EU’s eastern border

Since August 2021, the EU’s eastern border has become a fought-over focus of EU migration policy. Fences, emergency measures and armed patrols have all been instigated to try and prevent entry. Humanitarian organizations allege violence, pushbacks and dehumanizing treatment, allegations denied by the border states.