JULY 2024
July 1 The crew of Louise Michel assists 36 people, including 17 unaccompanied minors, from an unseaworthy rubber boat in distress (1). July 5 The crew of Humanity1 rescues 291 people from 3 boats in distress with the support of…
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AUTHORITARIAN TENDENCY IN THE ITALIAN CHAOS
On the eve of the commemorations, institutional and otherwise, of the shipwreck of 3rd October 2013, dozens of boats are arriving in Lampedusa: some recovered by military assets, some rescued by the civilian fleet’s sailboats, others on their own. Within…
JOINT STATEMENT: TUNISIA IS NOT A PLACE OF SAFETY FOR PEOPLE RESCUED AT SEA
Ahead of the presidential elections in Tunisia, 62 human rights organizations urge the EU & its member states to act now to end human rights violations against refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants by the Tunisian authorities, stop the crackdown on…
MAPPING OF THE CIVIL FLEET
This map shows the various civil society actors active in search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean. It has been produced using data collected by Alarm Phone and the Civil MRCC from the following actors. It was published first…
ONE YEAR AFTER THE PYLOS MASSACRE
Justice for victims and survivors On 14 June 2023, more than 600 migrants were killed when their boat Adriana capsized after the authorities attempted to push them back to Italy instead of rescuing them from their already endangered boat. But…
PATROLS BOATS TO TUNISIA
The Council of State grants Italian civil society’s precautionary petition 20 June 2024 “Suspension of Patrol Boat Transfer to Tunisia Pending Further Notice. The hearing is Scheduled for July 11 in the Council Chamber. ASGI, ARCI, ActionAid, Mediterranea Saving Humans,…
FROM TRIPOLI TO ROME – IMAGINE AND BUILD NEW SAFE PASSAGES
Impressions from Event #2 of the Human Rights Defenders Evacuation Campaign from Refugees in Libya end of May 2024 in the Italian capital With the presence of 7 out of 14 Human Rights Defenders evacuated from Libya to Italy on…
A BIG VICTORY AT THE PYLOS9 IN GREECE
21st May 2024 On 14 June 2023, a fishing vessel carrying around 750 people sank 47 miles off the coast of Pylos, a small town in the region of Peloponnese in Greece. The people had started from Tobruk in Libya…
EL HIBLU3 IN MALTA: THE FARCIAL TRIAL CONTINUES
On 30 May 2024, another hearing in the El Hiblu 3 case took place in the courtroom in Valletta. The judge decided to dismiss the plea of the lawyers for lack of jurisdiction. In the session before the defenders of…
ON THE INVIOLABLE CIVIL RIGHT TO RESCUE: BRINDISI COURT DECISION
On the illegitimacy of the NGO ships’ seizures The criminalization of civil relief in Italy is by no means new. Since 2017, it has been carried out by successive governments of all orientations, through a multiplicity of instruments. From media…
