As accustomed as we are to the bizarre, inappropriate and sometimes offensive statements of the Italian Minister of the Interior, the sentence pronounced by Matteo Piantedosi last March 25th in front of the ‘School of Political Education’ of the racist…
Join the Alarm Phone non-stop performance in Brussels! We, the Alarm Phone Creative-Action-Group, invite you to our first action. “We kindly request you to stop killing” is an attempt to deal with the systemic indifference we face in matters of…
From Tripoli to Bruxelles: Call for a demonstration in Brussels on 1st of July 2023 Brussels is at the centre of European decision-making, with the headquarters of EU-Council, the EU-Commission and its parliament. It is also the heart of EU…
The case of the El Hiblu 3 four years on Abdalla, Amara and Kader still face injustice in Malta. Over four years ago, on 28th March 2019, they had arrived on the merchant vessel El Hiblu 1, whose crew had…
A new Report by Border Forensics In May 2015, with the support of the European Union, its agencies and its member states, the Nigerien government adopted Law 2015-36, relating to illicit migrant trafficking to protect migrants from “unscrupulous smugglers.” Services…
Is the conduct of the captain of a private ship bringing rescued migrants back to Libya criminally relevant? The case at hand is exemplary and unique. For the first time in fact, the captain of an Italian merchant vessel, the…
9 April The sailing ship Nadir (RESQSHIP) attends to a shipwreck off Lampedusa and is able to rescue 22 people and to recover two bodies. Unfortunately, around 20 people also went missing (4). 15 April After Seabird 2 finds…
Is “SAR 3” a New Operations Area for NGO Ships? By Alarm Phone Between 2022 and 2023, a considerable increase in boat departures from eastern Libya has been observed. This route was one of the more frequently used prior to…
7 March Following a distress call received through the Alarm Phone, the Life Support (Emergency) rescues 105 people from a rubber boat fleeing Libya (1). 24 March After Alarm Phone forwarded a distress call from 190 people in distress, with…
“I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.” ― Angela Y. Davis As the preliminary hearings…
