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,…
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…
Joint Statement by Alarm Phone, Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch March 13, 2023 On Saturday, 11th March, just two weeks after at least 79 people drowned in a shipwreck off the Italian coast, Italian and Maltese authorities left once again people…
2 February Seabird 2 finds 31 people in distress and the Sea-Eye 4 (Sea-Eye) rescues the group. The boat departed from Tunisia and drifted at sea for 6 days before they were found. Unfortunately, 3 people didn’t survive the journey.…
Since February 2023, Tunisia has faced a strong escalation of racism and violence against black people both on an institutional level and from inside society. An increasingly dictatorial president is copying racist conspiracy theories of European fascists alleging “population exchange”…
Around 6th February 2023, jointly coordinated, decentralised commemorative actions took place in many cities in North and West Africa as well as in Europe – CommemorActions. The occasion was the 6th February of 2014, when the Spanish Guardia Civil used…
1 January Alarm Phone forwards a distress case to authorities and NGO‘s. With the help of Colibri 2 (Pilotes Volontaires) the Geo Barents (Médecins Sans Frontières) is the only ship which responds and rescues the 44 people (1). 2 January…
Activities for the fourth anniversary on 25th and 27th March 2023 Saturday, March 25th at 11:00-12:00. EH3 Concert, Law Courts, Valletta Join us in Valletta in front of the Law Courts to celebrate the El Hiblu 3 and to protest…
Over the last two years, the number of people leaving Tunisia by boat to reach Italy has been increasing. This analysis describes the latest developments along this route, while placing them in the broader framework of European border outsourcing policies.…
3 November The Rise Above (Mission Lifeline) embarks 95 people from 3 different boats which had departed from Tunisia. The smaller vessel directly requests a Port of Safety in Italy and joins ongoing standoffs being engaged in by the vessels…
