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Biometric experiments and arbitrary practices targeting people on the move
Lampedusa. Picture: Maldusa Over the past month, Lampedusa has become a testing ground for the introduction of new screening and border management tools, most notably the new “Screening Toolbox” package made available by the Frontex Agency. The pilot, which lasted…
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Seven Hours for Seven Years: Freedom for the El Hiblu 3
Call for solidarity with El Hiblu 3! 28 March 2026 in Valletta, Malta 09:00 to 16:00 CET (place tbc) Join us for a seven-hour vigil with a press conference, speeches, street-theatre, music, info-table, banners and more to protest against seven…
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February 6, 2026, World Day Against the Deadly Border Regime
On 6 February, families, friends, and solidarity groups gathered to mark the World Day of Commemoration and Action, honouring people who have died or disappeared due to state violence along migration routes and within local communities. The date recalls the…
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Malta Migration Archive: New data confirms another deadly year
In December 2025, we published new data on our interactive map: 242 distress cases that occurred between January and June 2025 in Malta’s search and rescue (SAR) zone. The data reveals a continued practice of non-assistance by the Maltese authorities,…
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New Alarme Phone Sahara Report: More than 34,000 people deported from Algeria to Niger
Individuals deported and abandoned in the desert, Assamaka, 20 July 2025 (Picture: Alarme Phone Sahara) After a wave of mass deportations attracted the attention of the Nigerien and international media in April 2025, deportation convoys from Algeria to the desert…
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7 Years El Hiblu3: How Many Years Does It Take to Break a Child?
On 28 March 2026, seven years will have passed since Abdalla, Amara and Kader arrived in Malta. When they stepped onto the island in 2019, they were 19, 15 and 16 years old. Teenagers. Two still legally children. Today, they…
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Sara Mardini – Sean Binder case: A huge victory in a trial that should never have existed in the first place
Finally, after 8 years the case is over! On 15 January 2026, the Court of Mytilene on Lesvos island unanimously declared all the defendants innocent of all charges, with judges and prosecutors in full agreement. The trial was referred to…
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Reflections around the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum
The new European Pact on Migration and Asylum is scheduled to enter into force on 12 June 2026. The package, adopted by the Parliament and the Council on 14 May 2024, consists of 10 new legislative acts, including 9 regulations…
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Agrigento Court: NGOs cannot be sanctioned for not communicating with the Libyans
With the order of 3 December 2025, the Court of Agrigento suspended the administrative detention of the sailing boat TROTAMAR III, belonging to CompassCollective, a network of activists engaged in supporting search and rescue activities for shipwrecked people in the…
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The ICC’s first Libya trial: will crimes against people on the move be included?
On 1 December 2025, German authorities surrendered Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri (“Al-Buti”) to the International Criminal Court (ICC), marking the first transfer of a suspect to The Hague since the Libya Situation was referred to the Court in 2011.…
