Node 48 - Caravan
Ended
July 2024
Countries: Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Nodes: Turin, Padua, Bihac, Lipa, Trieste
Balkans Caravan 2024: Witnessing Europe’s Hidden Border Realities
As a border abolitionist research project, SOLROUTES places a strong emphasis on solidarity along migration routes in what is referred to as “EUrope at large”. SolRoutes’ participation in the Balkans Caravan 2024 is a critical component of the ethnographic fieldwork activities conducted in the Balkans area.
From 13 to 20 July, the SOLROUTES team, Enrico Fravega, Andrea Ferraris, and Valeria Garrè, took part in the Balkans Caravan 2024, a collective action organised by Caravana Abriendo Fronteras, Carovane Migranti, and Action for. Travelling from Turin through Padua, Bihac, Lipa, and Trieste before returning to Italy, the caravan brings together activists from Madrid, the Basque Country, Valencia, Alicante, and other Mediterranean cities.
Their shared goal is to retrace the Balkan Route and make visible the human rights violations that continue to unfold at Europe’s borders. The initiative gains urgency in the wake of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum, which participants view as a threat to the right to asylum and an endorsement of racialized, exclusionary border policies. Through this journey, SOLROUTES will deepen its research into the lived experiences of People on the Move and the political forces shaping contemporary migration governance.
