On 6 February, families, friends, and solidarity groups gathered to mark the World Day of Commemoration and Action, honouring people who have died or disappeared due to state violence along migration routes and within local communities. The date recalls the…
In December 2025, we published new data on our interactive map: 242 distress cases that occurred between January and June 2025 in Malta’s search and rescue (SAR) zone. The data reveals a continued practice of non-assistance by the Maltese authorities,…
Individuals deported and abandoned in the desert, Assamaka, 20 July 2025 (Picture: Alarme Phone Sahara) After a wave of mass deportations attracted the attention of the Nigerien and international media in April 2025, deportation convoys from Algeria to the desert…
On 28 March 2026, seven years will have passed since Abdalla, Amara and Kader arrived in Malta. When they stepped onto the island in 2019, they were 19, 15 and 16 years old. Teenagers. Two still legally children. Today, they…
Finally, after 8 years the case is over! On 15 January 2026, the Court of Mytilene on Lesvos island unanimously declared all the defendants innocent of all charges, with judges and prosecutors in full agreement. The trial was referred to…
The new European Pact on Migration and Asylum is scheduled to enter into force on 12 June 2026. The package, adopted by the Parliament and the Council on 14 May 2024, consists of 10 new legislative acts, including 9 regulations…
With the order of 3 December 2025, the Court of Agrigento suspended the administrative detention of the sailing boat TROTAMAR III, belonging to CompassCollective, a network of activists engaged in supporting search and rescue activities for shipwrecked people in the…
On 1 December 2025, German authorities surrendered Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri (“Al-Buti”) to the International Criminal Court (ICC), marking the first transfer of a suspect to The Hague since the Libya Situation was referred to the Court in 2011.…
For five days, 34 people stood up to a violent border regime and fought for their fundamental right to freedom of movement. They were rescued in the Maltese search and rescue region by the Maridive 703, an offshore supply vessel…
January 3 After a Mayday Relay by Frontex Eagl1 and alert by Alarm Phone, Solidaire was able to find and rescue 36 people from a rubber dinghy. Merchant Vessel Bailey Tide was on scene and assisted in the rescue. Sadly,…
