From migration to the criminalization of otherness: who are these Nazi-Eurocrats kidding?

For decades, the European border has been militarized in the face of human suffering, but paradoxically fades away in the face of the flow of wealth.

This drift towards authoritarianism can never be separated from the historical dynamics of economic globalization. European borders are becoming hermetic filters for human beings, yet remain porous for the flow of capital and raw materials. This structural contradiction is symptomatic of a persistent neocolonial paradigm. Europe is externalizing its borders, outsourcing state violence to third countries, and erecting insurmountable legal barriers. In doing so, it is locking itself into an aberrant defensive posture. This normative fortress, far from stabilizing the continent, is accelerating its moral and diplomatic decline. A rigorous examination of the mechanisms of this great lockdown, initiated at the Tampere European Council in October 1999, reveals the depth of a legislative cynicism that de facto threatens the very foundations of human rights.

Institutionalization of sorting and denial of asylum

Recent European migration reforms rest on a central pillar: mandatory border screening. This mechanism systematizes automatic detention upon entry into the EU. Asylum seekers are no longer considered subjects of law seeking protection but rather security risks requiring urgent assessment. The principle of non-refoulement, the cornerstone of the Geneva Convention of July 28, 1951, is rendered meaningless. Accelerated border procedures create a legal fiction where the foreigner is physically present on European soil but legally considered not to have entered. This extra-legal technique circumvents traditional procedural safeguards, depriving exiles of effective access to independent legal assistance.

This architecture also incorporates the highly questionable concept of a “safe third country.” By externalizing asylum responsibility to peripheral states, often characterized by alleged “major democratic failures,” the EU abdicates its ethical obligations. This........

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