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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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…
SHIPWRECK – 22 SURVIVORS, 9 BODIES, 15 MISSING
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…
REPORT OF COMMEMORACTIONS
CommemorAction is a blended word encompassing both commemoration and action. It emphasizes both the commitment to remembering those who died or disappeared in their pursuit of freedom of movement and the demand for justice. Picture: CommemorAction in Tanger, Morocco On…
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS’ CAMPAIGN: FIRST STEPS TOWARDS A SAFE EVACUATION FROM LIBYA
Refugees in Libya and the supporting alliance held a two-day event on first steps towards a campaign for safe evacuation from Libya on January 26-27, 2024 in Bologna. Picture: Alliance with Refugees in Libya – Assembly in Bologna in January…
M., CULTURAL MEDIATOR ON BOARD A SEA RESCUE NGO
“”I’m black, I can’t swim, but my presence on this boat is fundamental.” What motivated you to join a sea rescue NGO? I myself have been on the road as a migrant. I arrived here in Italy in 2011 after…
ALLIANCE WITH REFUGEES IN LIBYA
A new translocal network called “Alliance with Refugees in Libya” (ARiL) was built already in August 2023 – following mobilization at the end of June in Brussels (see Echoes No. 7, page 18) in a meeting in Bologna. Bologna was…
INTERVIEW WITH ROMDHANE BEN AMOR
Activist from the FTDES (Forum Tunisien Des Droits Economiques Et Sociaux) Could you tell us about the FTDES and its role in migration-related struggles? The FTDES’s philosophy has always been based on confronting unfair policies and standing by the most…
FROM THE BOAT TO THE PLANE: A JOURNEY OF INJUSTICE
With 2,308 Tunisian nationals deported from Italy in 2022 (1,872 in 2021), representing 59% of the total number of deportees, followed by Albania and Egypt, with 518 and 329 people respectively, Tunisians arriving in Italy are confronted with a violation…
SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING, CARING FOR THE DEAD
This article contains the words of those affected by the murderous border regime who struggle so the dead and the missing are not silenced and forgotten “We, families of the missing” Letter written by Laila Waleed Hasan, a young woman…
REFUGEES IN LIBYA – PROTESTS IN BRUSSELS
After the collective protests in December 2022 in front of the headquarters of the UNHCR in Geneva, Refugees in Libya and the support alliance mobilized for the end of June 2023 to the European capital. “From Tripoli to Brussels –…
“IF WE STAY HERE, WE ARE GOING TO DIE”
Struggles of Refugees in Tunisia The Refugees in Tunisia protesting in front of the UNHCR headquarters in Tunis, March 2023 On April 11th 2023, the refugees and migrants who were carrying out a sit-in in front of the offices of…
