Femicide and rising violence against women in the time of the pandemic – Greece is in the lead in Europe in a bloody scenery of gender-based violence and inequality, that is perpetuated only by the changing of tragic protagonists.

A cross-border investigation into the matter by MIIR, conducted for the first time in Europe, with the participation of 18 newsrooms in the context of the European Data Journalism Network, has attempted to shed light on the gaps created by the mass shortages of up to date data on the deaths and violence against women in Europe today.

2022 was the year when Fortress Europe put on its human face. The war in Ukraine has dramatically increased the number of asylum seekers in Europe, but has crowded out refugees from other war zones.

With large prisoner numbers and detention times far in excess of European averages, pre-trial detention is being abused by the Greek justice system, reveals MIIR’s research within the framework of the European Data Journalism Network (EDJNet).

Artificial intelligence and algorithms are at the heart of the EU’s new mobility-control regime. High-risk automated decisions are being taken on human lives. It is an emerging multi-billion-euro unregulated market with dystopian ‘smart’ applications.

The Digital Walls of Fortress Europe part 2
The impact of surveillance systems on vulnerable populations, money for Frontex drones, and monitoring the movement of citizens within the European area.

The Digital Walls of Fortress Europe (part 1)
“We are Black and border guards hate us. Their computers hate us too.” – Adissu, living without immigration status in Brussels, Belgium

- 1.4-fold higher than in the general population – the coronavirus spread fast in correctional facilities between July 2021 and February 2022. - The country's prisons were relatively unprotected in the 5th wave of the pandemic, while Covid-19 transmission showed no...

Overcrowding, abuse of the minimum personal space of prisoners, hospitalization without segregation of patients, crowded quarantine, lack of medical staff and health measures, delayed vaccination. These are just some of the causes that lead to the virus’s spread....

The situation is much more difficult for trans and intersex people. In addition to the legal barriers, they face economic stumbling blocks: most public health systems cover only part of the costs or have very long wait lists or narrow access criteria.   Eva...

    Prisons are breeding grounds for viruses, yet carceral administrations have revealed little about COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccinations in Europe's prisons. Data from 32 countries show the pandemic's impact on prisons.        ...