July 2025
July 3 2 iron boats in the Central Med, carrying 60 & 52 people, almost sinking, were ignored by authorities for many hours after alerts from Alarm Phone. Only the sailing boat Garganey VI responded, rescuing the first boat and…
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Justice Fleet : Search and Rescue Organisations Suspend Communication with Libyan Rescue Coordination Centre
Brussels, 5 November 2025: After years of escalating human rights violations by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean Sea, 13 search and rescue organisations are taking a decisive stand: They are founding a new alliance and are suspending…
122 European officials suspected of Crimes Against Humanity against ‘migrants’ in the Central Mediterranean route
The investigation focuses on crimes against humanity committed against people on the move on the Central Mediterranean route between 2014 and 2019, where over 25,000 people drowned and 150,000 others were abducted, tortured, and enslaved in Libya under EU-backed border…
“Open Borders. End Deaths” – Review of the Transnational Chain of Actions
September and October 2025 Find more comprehensive reports and a gallery of photos and videos here Online Kick-Off event on 4th of September 2025 towards the transnational chain of actions About 50 people listened to the exchange after an introduction…
60 Libyan attacks at sea as EU rolls out red carpet for militias, new data shows
Picture: Sea Watch A new report of the search and rescue organization Sea-Watch records 60 violent incidents by Libyan militias such as the so-called Libyan coastguard, against migrants as well as civil and EU state actors at sea since 2016.…
“This is the deal of death!“ Action Days in Rome against the Memorandum of Understanding
On the 18th of October 2025, a protest culminated in an impressive performance organized by members and comrades from Refugees in Libya. The stage of survivors was the highlight of five days of actions in the capital of Italy to…
UNFAIR 2.0 Protests in Geneva and the “Book of Shame“
” This book was born from rage, from grief and from the refusal to remain silent. It was born from the betrayal we witnessed and lived—at the hands not only of militias, traffickers and governments, but of the very institution…
From Hell to Hell: Sudanese Youth Criminalized in Greek Prisons
Fleeing War, Facing Prison Imagine fleeing a war zone, risking your life across deserts and the Mediterranean, only to end up behind bars for trying to survive. Over 200 Sudanese teenagers and young men are imprisoned in Greece—from Crete to…
European Court of Justice : Towards new legal battlegrounds?
Reflections on the future of European Court of Justice rulings in light of the entry into force of the European Pact on Migration The European Pact on Migration and Asylum is set to enter into force in June 2026, yet…
Resistance, from the shores of Lampedusa to Brussels
November 2025 The Brutalization of the Border Regime Over the past ten weeks, the Central Mediterranean has once again revealed itself as a deeply contested space, a theatre of repression, violence, and impunity at Europe’s maritime frontier. The EU’s ongoing…
