Attacks on black African migrants On 24 September 2024, a request was submitted to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by lawyers acting for family members of detained Tunisian opposition politicians Rached Ghannouchi, Said Ferjani, Ghazi Chaouachi, Chaima Issa, Noureddine Bhiri,…
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…
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…
„…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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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 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…
