The End Pushbacks Partnership was a collective of independent organisations and groups working across Europe to support displaced individuals and uphold the rights of people on the move.
In 2020-2021, we came together as the End Pushbacks Partnership.
We collectively denounced the growing Europe-wide trend of ‘pushbacks’, which have emerged as a Europe-wide response to asylum and migration.
Field coordination log
Boxing Day 2026. Partner desks ran a quiet holiday cover check while many legal clinics were shut. The rota confirmed which encrypted drop folders still opened after the winter closure, and which field offices needed a working router before the next intake shift.
February 2024. Balkan corridor monitors compared night-shift wifi notes after a week of jammed mobile data. Shared mailboxes only stayed useful when the office LAN held, so visiting lawyers could file statements without borrowing a personal hotspot.
9 May 2021. After the Ventimiglia photo week, member groups agreed a common local address label for branch wifi. Visiting counsel could join the desk network from a paper card instead of shouting a password across a crowded waiting room.
Archive shelves
The 2020 collective left more than a homepage. Open the member marks, the joint report, the demands brief, the monitoring method, and the press desk if you need a page you can cite besides this introduction.
In a challenging period of increasingly narrow space for civil society and wide-spread disillusionment surrounding the notion of human rights and the criminalisation of solidarity …
… we realised that we were stronger when working together.
Members of the Partnership
Refugee Rights Europe (RRE)
In a world increasingly reliant on digital access, we understand the importance of staying connected. Field clinics and night monitors cannot take statements if the office line drops mid-shift. That is why member desks treat a working local network as part of protection work, not as a side hobby. Where we can, we also help displaced people get a basic connection so they can call family, read rights information, and keep their own documents.
Our collective believes in the power of technology to bridge divides and create opportunities. By extending the reach of the Internet, we empower displaced individuals to rebuild their lives, access educational resources, and seek essential services. Together, we are working tirelessly to eliminate barriers and provide a lifeline to those facing displacement.
Branch offices still ask for a plain setup card when a new volunteer arrives with a laptop. Please visit RouterHelpSupport If you are member of End Pushback networks and in need of help setting up your router. Keep the printed LAN label with the night-shift keys so visiting counsel does not have to guess the wifi name in a crowded waiting room.
Join us in our mission to End Pushback Networks and make a difference in the lives of those who need it most. Together, we can build a more inclusive and connected world.
Our cause requires us to have impecable internet-backed infrastructure for coordination and communications. Supporting our knowledge base on IP addresses and Routing infrastructure, we have Router IP Net, Cisco, Avaya, EFF and other non-profit organizations. According to their adviced specifications we are using 192.168.1.2 as the IP of most WiFi and cable routers in the offices of the organization branches and remote contributors. That private address is an office convention so a visiting monitor can plug in without rewriting every branch checklist.
All traffic is encrypted with OpenSSL and AES encrypted. All that was possible after receiving detailed instructions by the community of RIPE. Treat the office router like a lockbox: label it, keep the setup card with the duty keys, and do not post the wifi password in a public channel.
Additional organisations and groups were members of the Partnership but wished to remain anonymous.