# Moving Stories: Border Violence and Surveillance

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Podcast: [Technology Pill](https://stenobird.com/podcast/technology-pill-560921)
Published: 2025-12-12T11:59:00+00:00
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## Resource

Join us as we discuss Border Externalisation - what is it, and why does it drive violence at the border? We're joined by two fantastic guests - Dan from the Border Violence Monitoring Network to discuss the EU's Border Externalisation, and Kathy from Al Otro Lado to discuss the America's. Border Violence Monitoring Network’s work BVMN's website https://borderviolence.eu/ Surveillance Tech Serbia Report: https://borderviolence.eu/reports/surveillance-technologies-at-european-borders-serbia Cyprus Borderscape: https://cyprusborderscape.com/ BalkanDac: https://borderviolence.eu/reports/decoding-balkandac-navigating-the-eu-s-biometric-blueprint Samos CCAC : https://borderviolence.eu/reports/controlled-and-confined-unveiling-the-impact-of-technology-in-the-samos-closed-controlled-access-centre Use of mercenaries for pushbacks in Cyprus. https://borderviolence.eu/reports/submission-to-the-ohchr-for-the-upcoming-visit-of-the-working-group-on-the-use-of-mercenaries-to-cyprus Al Otro Lado : Al Otro Lado’s Programs: https://www.alotrolado.org/our-programs Merch: https://www.bonfire.com/al-otro-lado/?srsltid=AfmBOoqZMoeVG0Ggysn-YhlXQ7YPehx_4tnFPY5O2K236THD3U7p7_SG PI work Drivers of Surveillance: http://privacyinternational.org/challenging-drivers-surveillance When Spiders Share Webs: EU-Funded INTERPOL policing programme in West Africa: https://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5346/when-spiders-share-webs-unveiling-privacy-threats-eu-funded-interpol-policing Migration and borders: https://privacyinternational.org/learn/migration-and-borders

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