“Let our lives matter” In Echoes No. 17 we wrote: “Tunisia is opening a new chapter in the EU’s war against Black African migrants. The makeshift Camps in the olive fields are being demolished with bulldozers and fire. 30,000 persons…
Manifesto by Refugees in Libya and Alliance with Refugees in Libya In February 2017, a Memorandum of Understatement (MoU) was signed by the Italian and Libyan governments on “fighting illegal migration”. This agreement, with the support of European Union funding…
Italian Court subsequently drops all charges against Congolese woman The European Union’s highest court has set out important restraints to States’ anti-smuggling laws, which wrongly criminalize people on the move and those in solidarity with them. On 3 June 2025,…
Joint statement, 17th of July 2025 32 organisations demand the immediate ending of the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts by the Italian state. In the past month alone, NGO vessels have been detained three times due…
SOS Méditerranée, Press release, 9th of July 2025 On the 8th of July 2025, the Italian Constitutional Court dismissed the legal challenge to the Piantedosi Decree, but in doing so, it reaffirmed a vital principle: national measures must comply with…
In 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) condemned Italy for rescuing persons in distress and transshipping them to the so-called Libyan Coast Guard, whereas Libya cannot be defined as a place of safety (Hirsi Jamaa and others…
On the evening of the 11th of July, 27 people arrived at the Favaloro pier in Lampedusa. The 27 survivors told us about their journey towards Europe. We tried to reconstruct what happened to them, amplifying their testimonies to accuse…
April 2025 Feric lost his brother in the massacre of Tarajal 2014. Together with other family members he founded an association in Douala, Cameroon where many of the victims had been born. In a meeting at the 10th anniversary of…
Mem.Med – Memoria Mediterranea is a grassroots initiative, a project born to recover the memory of the missing, support grieving families, and challenge the violence of European border policies. The project aims to accompany relatives through the process of searching…
June 1 14 people safely on board Louise Michel after crew spotts a fibreglass boat. On approach, people suddenly start jumping into the water. Crew is able to rescue all 14 people from the water. (1) June 4 …
