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…
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…
Alarm phone Tunis In Tunisia, the European Union and its member states continue to deepen their policies of outsourcing maritime controls, pursuing the dangerous and illusory goal of preventing arrivals on Italian shores at all costs. On April 17, the…
Racism, Ordeal of Migrants and No End in Sight by migration-control.info Extreme violence and an openly racist policy against Black people have been ongoing in Tunisia for more than a year now. The already existing racism in Tunisia escalated in…
