For the first time, after more than 20 years without being amended, European laws criminalising the “facilitation of unauthorised migration” are probably about to be changed. What we do not yet know is in which direction. While activists for the…
So far, this section of Echoes has focused in particular on the Central Mediterranean route, because that is where most of the civilian SAR fleet has operated since 2014. Without going into detail here on the geographical evolution of civil…
It is around 11 p.m and we are getting ready for the night shift, which will start at midnight. Five cases are open. A sixth appears, a bit after midnight. A relative is missing a friend who set out from…
September 1 Nadir assists an overcrowded wooden boat with 61 people in distress. The people have been on the water for 2 days. All are brought to Lampedusa by the Italian coast guard. September 2 Nadir finds a fibreglass boat…
Picture MSF Sea @MSF_Sea August 2024 August 1 Nadir rescues 27 people who had been in distress at sea for 3 days. Many have burns from the toxic fuel-saltwater-mix. All survivors disembark safely in Lampedusa (1). Ocean Viking spots…
July 1 The crew of Louise Michel assists 36 people, including 17 unaccompanied minors, from an unseaworthy rubber boat in distress (1). July 5 The crew of Humanity1 rescues 291 people from 3 boats in distress with the support of…
On the eve of the commemorations, institutional and otherwise, of the shipwreck of 3rd October 2013, dozens of boats are arriving in Lampedusa: some recovered by military assets, some rescued by the civilian fleet’s sailboats, others on their own. Within…
Ahead of the presidential elections in Tunisia, 62 human rights organizations urge the EU & its member states to act now to end human rights violations against refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants by the Tunisian authorities, stop the crackdown on…
This map shows the various civil society actors active in search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean. It has been produced using data collected by Alarm Phone and the Civil MRCC from the following actors. It was published first…
Justice for victims and survivors On 14 June 2023, more than 600 migrants were killed when their boat Adriana capsized after the authorities attempted to push them back to Italy instead of rescuing them from their already endangered boat. But…
