JUNE 2024
June 7 Geo Barent rescues a fiberglass boat with 37 people in the Libyan SAR. They then respond to an AlarmPhone alert and rescue an additional 109 people in an unseaworthy rubber boat. The distant port of Civitavecchia is assigned…
ECHOES TEAM
MAY 2024
May 1 Geo Barents rescues 52 people from a wooden boat alerted by AlarmPhone. Among the rescued are a dozen unaccompanied teenagers (1). May 3 Life Support rescues a group of 87 people alerted by and Pilotes Volontaires (2). May…
AT SEA, ON LAND, IN THE POLITICAL CONTEXT: IT IS TIME FOR NEW CHALLENGES!
One year ago exactly, we wrote that “everything (and everyone) was in motion.” While this is certainly true today for all the actors involved in the central Mediterranean route, it is no less necessary to try to put a few…
4.8 MILLION EUROS TO STOP MIGRANTS FROM TUNISIA: ITALIAN CIVIL SOCIETY APPEALS!
Press release, 17 April 2024 ASGI, ARCI, ActionAid, Mediterranea Saving Humans, Circular Spaces and Le Carbet challenge the funding for the refitting and transfer to Tunisia of 6 patrol boats. The hearing at the Lazio Regional Administrative Court set for…
FRONTEX AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY
Fabrice Leggeri, former director of Frontex, prosecuted for complicity in crimes against humanity and torture Press release, April 23 The LDH (Ligue des droits de l’Homme) and Utopia 56 are pressing charges against Fabrice Leggeri, former director of Frontex and…
NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE ALLIANCE WITH REFUGEES IN LIBYA
During last few weeks, Refugees in Libya (RiL) and the supporting alliance (ARiL) became operational with its common project of a new hotline. Collective responsibility was formed with the goal of providing support to refugees and migrants who find themselves…
CHARGES DROPPPED AGAINST ALL DEFENDANTS IN IUVENTA TRIAL!
After a seven-year odyssey, the longest, most expensive and most extensive criminal proceedings against sea rescue organizations falls. April 19, 2024: after two years of preliminary proceedings with over 40 hearings, the judge came to the conclusion that, “the facts…
SHIPWRECK – 22 SURVIVORS, 9 BODIES, 15 MISSING
Wednesday, April 10th – Favaloro Pier at 9 p.m. Testimony from a Maldusa activist That evening, in many parts of the world Eid, the end of Ramadan, was being celebrated. Even in Lampedusa, among those who are not Muslims, there…
INSIDE EGYPT’S SECRET SCHEME TO DETAIN AND DEPORT THOUSANDS OF SUDANESE REFUGEES
An investigation by Sara Creta and Nour Khalil prepared and published in collaboration between the Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) & The New Humanitarian (25 April, 2024) “Thousands of Sudanese refugees who escaped to neighbouring Egypt have been detained by…
ALARME PHONE SAHARA (APS) – FIGHTING AT LAND BORDERS
Interview with Moctar Dan Yaye 1. In what context was the APS project launched? What are its main objectives? The APS project was initiated at a time when Niger became Europe’s southernmost border. After the so-called migration crisis of 2015,…
