Over the past three months, the central Mediterranean has once again exposed a stark conflict: on one side, people on the move fighting for their freedom of movement and civilian actors attempting to prevent deaths at sea; on the other,…
November 2025 The Brutalization of the Border Regime Over the past ten weeks, the Central Mediterranean has once again revealed itself as a deeply contested space, a theatre of repression, violence, and impunity at Europe’s maritime frontier. The EU’s ongoing…
It was July 2004 when the Cap Anamur case exploded. The German humanitarian ship, while returning from delivering aid to Africa, had rescued 37 people from a sinking rubber dinghy. They were kept offshore for several days. Then, when the…
Arrivals, Frontex and the political tool of Criminalization of drivers Lampedusa, as the transit point of many people on the move, is an important place in the fight against borders. We want to give you some insights into what we…
Bulldozers, Fire and IOM Fenced Camps Again According to the European Commission, the Meloni government and the forthcoming German government, Tunisia is a Safe Country. But this is not the main reason for us to keep an eye on what…
Rached Tamboura, Saïdia Mosbeh, Sherifa Riahi, Mahmoud Jouou, Yadh Boussalmi, Mustapha Jemali, Abderrazak Krimi, Abdallah Saïd, and Imen Ouardani are just some of the names of those who were victim of the repressive machine applied by the Tunisian authorities under…
State crimes and state surveillance in the Mediterranean. Solidarity practices to counter them in the name of truth and justice. Two cases at the beginning of the new year caused a stir around the “normalization” of border management in the…
Fighting Fortress Europe has never been easy, but the civil fleet is operating in an increasingly smaller space in the Central Mediterranean. We witness a highly militarized and mobile so-called Libyan coast guard backed by the EU and other Libyan…
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…
One year ago exactly, we wrote that “everything (and everyone) was in motion.” While this is certainly true today for all the actors involved in the central Mediterranean route, it is no less necessary to try to put a few…
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…
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…
