THE ASSO VENTOTTO CASE
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…
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APRIL 2023
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…
NAVIGATING THE SAR CHALLENGES AND COORDINATION ISSUES OFF EASTERN LIBYA
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…
MARCH 2023
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…
NOTES FROM TRAPANI
“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…
ILLUSIVE RESCUE: MALTA MIGRATION AND DEATH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
“We suffer the consequences of policies drawn up in Europe with our lives, our blood, and our loved ones.” David Yambio, a young Sudanese refugee who founded the organisation Refugees in Libya, spoke these words at Baħar Ċimiterju (or Cemetery…
OPEN LETTER TO FRONTEX DIRECTOR HANS LEIJTENS
This open letter was published on the 2nd March and signed by 20 NGOs engaged in or in support of search and rescue in the central Mediterranean Sea. Dear Hans Leijtens, As of today, you are the new Executive Director…
FREEDOM OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD AT THE LAMPEDUSA HOTSPOT
For the implementation of freedom of correspondence with the outside world and provision of a wifi network at the Lampedusa hotspot This joint statement was published on the 9th March 2023 and signed by 11 organisations We are organizations that…
“CUTRO EFFECT”: THE CHALLENGE OF LIFE AGAINST THE POLITICS OF DEATH
By Mediterranea Saving Humans Exactly two weeks after the Cutro shipwreck, a new massacre. While, at the time of writing, the sea off the coast of Calabria has so far returned the bodies of 79 people, mostly women and children,…
ON THE “ILLEGALITY” OF PIANTEDOSI DECREES
Reflections on the selective disembarkation strategy in light of the Catania Civil Court decision in the case of the Humanity 1. A few weeks after its election, the new far-right Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni started (again) to target…
