Chris Jones is a researcher for Statewatch, where he has worked since 2010. His work examines policing, migration, military and security issues in the UK and EU.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Walking in the sun: refugees on Samos island
The issue of making refugees walk 20 or 25 kms in the blazing heat is just one example amongst many that...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?They are just like us
As Samos islanders stand in solidarity with the refugees arriving at their ports, again and again we hear locals...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Refugees in the centre of Athens
A red line is crossed when you start thieving from refugees in order to survive or feed your addiction. ‘We can only...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Hypocrisies and cruelties on the frontier of Fortress Europe
For many refugees, it is only the smugglers who can get them into and then out of Greece. All other legitimate and...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?An open letter to Dimitri Sevastakis, the newly elected Syriza MP for Samos
We cannot just sit back and wait for the government to act for us – any government. We believe that nothing will...
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Published in: openSecurityPredictive policing: mapping the future of policing?
New predictive policing technologies seem to promise crime reduction. But predictive policing also threatens the...