Migration village during the World Social Forum in Cotonou in August 2026: amazing networking, impressive panels, strong manifesto The World Social Forum (WSF) itself was a flop, but the Migration Village was top!” That sums up our collective conclusion from…
Appeal from Refugees in Libya to civil society in reference to the El Hishri case at ICC On 19 May 2026, a moment long denied arrived: for the first time in history, one of our torturers—a Libyan suspect accused of…
4 to 8 August in Benin In August 2026, the next World Social Forum (WSF) will take place in Cotonou in West Africa. Several migration-related networks, which are active or even based in Africa, have started to organize their collective…
Since 2023, Tunisia has witnessed an alarming escalation in the criminalisation of anti-racist activists, migrant solidarity groups, and civil society organisations. Following racist statements by President Kais Saied targeting people on the move, Black communities and human rights defenders have…
Seven years after their arrest following the El Hiblu case, Abdalla, Amara and Kader continue to face prosecution in Malta for resisting an illegal return to Libya and acting as mediators on board the merchant vessel El Hiblu 1. On…
Call for solidarity with El Hiblu 3! 28 March 2026 in Valletta, Malta 09:00 to 16:00 CET (place tbc) Join us for a seven-hour vigil with a press conference, speeches, street-theatre, music, info-table, banners and more to protest against seven…
Brussels, 5 November 2025: After years of escalating human rights violations by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean Sea, 13 search and rescue organisations are taking a decisive stand: They are founding a new alliance and are suspending…
September and October 2025 Find more comprehensive reports and a gallery of photos and videos here Online Kick-Off event on 4th of September 2025 towards the transnational chain of actions About 50 people listened to the exchange after an introduction…
The central Mediterranean Sea is the world’s deadliest migration route, where the racist border policies of the European Union are more evident: more than 25,000 lives have been lost since 2014. Instead of sea rescue, the European Union decides to…
Statement initiated by SAR actors after the attack on the ship Conscience, 9th of May 2025 The ship Conscience after the drone attack. Photo: Freedom Flotilla Coalition “On 2nd May in the early morning, we witnessed yet another violation of…
Joint statement, 17th of July 2025 32 organisations demand the immediate ending of the systematic obstruction of non-governmental search and rescue (SAR) efforts by the Italian state. In the past month alone, NGO vessels have been detained three times due…
On the 3rd of September, it will have been exactly 10 years ago that refugees and migrants started the March of Hope in Budapest. Thousands of people who were blocked at the Keleti train station in Budapest by the Hungarian…
