European states must stop obstructing civilian search and rescue efforts in the Central Mediterranean EN – FR – IT – DE Up to 600 people lost their lives in another avoidable shipwreck off the Greek coast in June 2023. As…
After the collective protests in December 2022 in front of the headquarters of the UNHCR in Geneva, Refugees in Libya and the support alliance mobilized for the end of June 2023 to the European capital. “From Tripoli to Brussels –…
Only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum Excerpts from an open letter signed by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi. Today on World Refugee Day,…
The economic crisis in Tunisia is worsening and racist attacks against Tunisia’s Black population are again escalating. Especially in Sfax, Black people are suffering from racially motivated violence. Systematic collective expulsions to the desert of the Libyan-Tunisian and Algerian-Tunisian border…
By Sarita Fratini On June 10th, a Sudanese refugee, victim of the illegal refoulement from Asso Ventinove merchant vessel on the 1st and 2nd of July 2018, won the case brought against part of the Italian government (Council of Ministers,…
Investigation by Forensic Architecture “On 14 June 2023, the Adriana, a boat leaving Libya for Italy with hundreds of migrants on board, sank inside the Greek Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the Mediterranean Sea. This would become the deadliest…
Tunisian lessons on Lampedusa and ambivalences of an open situation in the Mediterranean “The goal is for the Mediterranean to be a calmer sea, said the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Tajani on the eve of signing the memorandum of…
In the previous edition of ECHOES, we highlighted the growing concerns regarding a potential collaboration between Italy and Eastern Libya, which could lead to an anticipated increase in pullback operations within the “SAR3” region. Shortly after the visit of the…
1 May After Alarm Phone received and forwarded several distress calls to authorities and NGO‘s, the Geo Barents (Médecins Sans Frontières) is able to rescue 299 people from a huge overcrowded fishing vessel and 36 people from a small fiberglass…
1 June The Mare*Go performs her first rescue of 36 people who tried to reach Lampedusa. Italian authorities ordered to disembark the survivors in Trapani which is a day of sailing away. For not complying but instead disembarking the survivors…
