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…
1)What does Sea-Watch Airborne do? What is the history of creating an air reconnaissance department in Sea Watch? The background to founding Airborne was the need for documentation of human rights violations at Europe’s borders in the central Mediterranean and…
“”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…
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…
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…
“We can only be creative as a broad network of solidarity that relies on information from people on the move and their relatives.” Since October 2014, the WatchTheMed Alarm Phone (AP) has been operative 24/7 as a hotline that supports…
Could you introduce the Nadir (RESQSHIP’s ship), as the concept and the challenges behind it? How do you support boats in distress? The Nadir is a sailboat run by the German organisation RESQSHIP. When we started in 2017, we were…
Interview with David Yambio from Refugees in Libya On the 9th and 10th of December 2022, a press conference, a protest and a demonstration with up to 300 participants took place in front of the UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. The…
Border Forensics is an agency mobilising innovative methods of spatial and visual analysis to investigate practices of border violence, wherever this violence might take place. Can you explain firstly the approach and work of Border Forensics and the wider political…
Latifa, Chamseddine and Slah are three Tunisians affected differently by the EU border regime. Each of them has particular ways of struggling against borders through their work and their daily lives. These interviews were collected in Zarzis by the CMRCC…
“We are glad that we did this to show everybody that there are no reasons to hesitate” Already a first time in March 2022 and one more time in May the Sea-Eye 4 transshipped survivors, who have been rescued before…
