After a seven-year odyssey, the longest, most expensive and most extensive criminal proceedings against sea rescue organizations falls. April 19, 2024: after two years of preliminary proceedings with over 40 hearings, the judge came to the conclusion that, “the facts…
Wednesday, April 10th – Favaloro Pier at 9 p.m. Testimony from a Maldusa activist That evening, in many parts of the world Eid, the end of Ramadan, was being celebrated. Even in Lampedusa, among those who are not Muslims, there…
An investigation by Sara Creta and Nour Khalil prepared and published in collaboration between the Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) & The New Humanitarian (25 April, 2024) “Thousands of Sudanese refugees who escaped to neighbouring Egypt have been detained by…
Interview with Moctar Dan Yaye 1. In what context was the APS project launched? What are its main objectives? The APS project was initiated at a time when Niger became Europe’s southernmost border. After the so-called migration crisis of 2015,…
From the sea to Italy An interview by Filippo Furri with Silvia Di Meo (Mem.Med) 1. For more than 10 years now, the issue of research for families of missing persons in migration and identification procedures has been the subject…
For several months now, the subject of so-called “run-away-boats” has animated the world of sea rescue NGOs and beyond. These boats, which carry migrants trying to escape Libya, have characteristics that make them particularly controversial: often of relatively good quality…
April 4 While Mare Jonio is conducting a rescue of a case alerted by AlarmPhone the Libyan Coast Guard violently intervenes, maneuvering recklessly near the operation, firing shots first into the air, then near one of MJ’s RHIBs. 56 people…
March 2 Humanity 1 rescues 77 people from three boats spotted by Seabird. During the rescue, the Libyan CG violently intervened, firing live ammunition into the water near people, some of whom jumped into the water, and threatening the crew…
How the “political level” has stifled human rights and the laws of the sea. An internal Italian Coast Guard email leaked few weeks ago to the press thanks to Marco Damilano’s public TV broadcast “Il Cavallo e la Torre” (The…
What does the violent escalation of the so-called Libyan coastguard mean? The armed attack by the Libyan patrol vessel Fezzan against the shipwrecked people and the rescuers of the MARE JONIO on April 4th is only the latest episode of…
