FROM TRIPOLI TO BERLIN
Refugees in Libya and supporting organizations invited for a two-day event in the German capital After a first convergence in January 2024 in Bologna and a second one in Rome in the beginning of June, a third two-day event by…
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THE HUMANITY 1 CASE
Libyan Authorities Cannot Perform Rescue Operations On June 27, 2024, the civil court in Crotone ruled that the detention of the rescue ship Humanity 1 operated by the NGO SOS Humanity was unlawful. The Humanity 1, had been detained by…
NEW CAMPAIGN FROM MEDICO INTERNATIONAL AGAINST THE CRIMINALISATION OF MIGRATION
„…Defending the right to freedom of movement is one, perhaps the central task in the struggle against global authoritarianism…“ Last month, Medico, the medical aid and human rights organization based in Frankfurt, started the promotion for a Freedom of Movement…
NEXT HEARING ON THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER – FREE EL HIBLU3
On November 6, 2024, the El Hiblu 3 are due back in court in Valletta. After five and half years, the farcical trial against Abdalla, Amara, and Kader, three young human rights defenders, continues and they remain in limbo as…
THE CRIMINALISATION OF FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT: A COURSE AND A PODCAST SERIES
Over the past years, within our no-border networks, including the Captain Support Network, borderline europe, Watch and Med Alarm Phone, the Iuventa crew, the Ragazzi Baye Fall, Sportello Sans Papiers of Arci Porco Rosso, and more recently the Maldusa Project,…
THE KINSA CASE: FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT VS FORTRESS EUROPE
For the first time, after more than 20 years without being amended, European laws criminalising the “facilitation of unauthorised migration” are probably about to be changed. What we do not yet know is in which direction. While activists for the…
DRIFTING AND DISAPPEARING: THE ATLANTIC ROUTE
So far, this section of Echoes has focused in particular on the Central Mediterranean route, because that is where most of the civilian SAR fleet has operated since 2014. Without going into detail here on the geographical evolution of civil…
CIVIL FLEET: PROTOCOL OF A LAST-MINUTE RESCUE
It is around 11 p.m and we are getting ready for the night shift, which will start at midnight. Five cases are open. A sixth appears, a bit after midnight. A relative is missing a friend who set out from…
SEPTEMBER 2024
September 1 Nadir assists an overcrowded wooden boat with 61 people in distress. The people have been on the water for 2 days. All are brought to Lampedusa by the Italian coast guard. September 2 Nadir finds a fibreglass boat…
AUGUST 2024
Picture MSF Sea @MSF_Sea August 2024 August 1 Nadir rescues 27 people who had been in distress at sea for 3 days. Many have burns from the toxic fuel-saltwater-mix. All survivors disembark safely in Lampedusa (1). Ocean Viking spots…
