Timeline – 10 years of Civil Sea rescue in the Central Mediterranean

In support of migrants’ freedom of movement and against border deaths!

Over the past decade, the Central Mediterranean has become a battleground between state-led border deterrence, people on the move and civilian efforts to uphold the right to life at sea and freedom of movement.

Despite many efforts to criminalise migration and solidarity, over the past 10 years, civil actors have rescued over 175,000 people, more than 950 000 people have arrived to Italy and 9 000 to Malta by sea, many of whom arrived autonomously.

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