OCTOBER 2023
3 October Colibri 2 provides critical support to Nadir in 3 operations with 125 people in distress. 4 October The Alarm Phone receives a distress call from a boat with 53 people. Louise Michel is in the area and finds…
ECHOES TEAM
BETWEEN SOVEREIGNTY AND EUROPEAN INTERFERENCE: THE AMBIGUITY OF TUNISIAN AUTHORITIES ON THE ISSUE OF MIGRATION CONTROL
In recent months, Tunisia has come under increasing scrutiny from European countries. Faced with the increase of crossings along the Tunisian route, particularly active between Sfax and Lampedusa, the EU and its member states have stepped up their outsourcing policies…
SEPTEMBER 2023
4 September Louise Michel (LM) rescues 24 people from an unseaworthy wooden boat then spends the next 12 hours searching for a second boat with 44 people in coordination with AlarmPhone. They are finally found late in the night, many…
Interview
“We can only be creative as a broad network of solidarity that relies on information from people on the move and their relatives.” Since October 2014, the WatchTheMed Alarm Phone (AP) has been operative 24/7 as a hotline that supports……
FORCED TO DISAPPEAR
This is an introduction article of a series of articles in the next issues of Echoes aiming to explain the different problems that are faced by families in the process of searching for their loved ones, the deficient current system…
HUMAN RIGHTS AS A MISSING DISCOURSE
The 10-point action plan to “stop sea arrivals” By Chiara Denaro During a visit to the island of Lampedusa, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced plans to address the surge in migrant…
LAMPEDUSA, 10 YEARS AFTER THE OCTOBER 3, 2023 MASSACRE
Ten years ago, the Lampedusa tragedy: 368 young lives cut short a few hundred meters from the beach, when freedom and a better future seemed just a step away. CommemorAction in Oujda. 2020. Photo: Alarm Phone The 10th anniversary of…
THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT’S THREAT AGAINST THE MARE JONIO
Press release by MEDITERRANEA Saving Humans published on the 11th of September 2023 In the last few hours, the Italian government’s willingness to hinder and block civil rescue ships has taken another negative leap forward: the authorities have ordered the…
JULY 2023
1 July Through the night, Humanity 1 (SOS Humanity) rescues 201 people over the course of 5 rescue operations. The distant port of Ortona is assigned, requiring an unnecessary 3.5 additional days of journey. 3 July Geo Barents (Médecins sans…
THE DYNAMICS OF STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
The manufactured crisis and the solidarity response in Lampedusa In the week of the 11th to the 17th of September 2023, more than 11,560 people made it bravely to Lampedusa. Not all who tried succeeded. Some were intercepted by the…
