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“The fight against impunity”
Interview with Allison West Senior Legal Advisor at European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) Founded in 2007, the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR) is an independent, non-profit organization based in Berlin dedicated to making injustice…
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Six years of El Hiblu 3: a story of struggle and allyship!
On 28 March 2025 we acknowledge the 6th anniversary of Abdalla, Amara, and Kader arriving in Malta. Six years of dreams are on hold. Six years of legal limbo. Six years of going to court and leaving frustrated. An anniversary…
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Libya: After the discovery of mass graves, EU funding should “save lives and open up safe routes”
More than 30 organizations, including Statewatch, have called on the European Commission to use its funding for immigration control in Libya “to save lives and to provide alternatives to dangerous journeys.” The call comes after the discovery of two mass…
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2,127 days of Limbo and an upcoming Jury Trial
We were devastated and angry at the Appeal Court’s decision on 22 January 2025. The Court rejected the appeal by the El Hiblu 3’s lawyers arguing that the matter of jurisdiction, among others, should be considered at trial. The case…
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Resistance at the border, Stories of life and struggle between Italy and Tunisia
Mem-med, RiL and Refugees in Tunisia In December of last year, the association Mem.Med, Memoria Mediterranea launched the monthly column Resistances at the Borders: Stories of Life and Struggle Between Tunisia and Italy, publishing an introduction along with the first…
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State trafficking: expulsion and sale of migrants from Tunisia to Libya
The report presents 30 testimonies from migrants who were expelled from Tunisia to Libya between June 2023 and November 2024, highlighting a salient feature that appears in their accounts: the sale of human beings at the border by Tunisian police…
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Research, identification, possible forensics actions onboard
A Civil fleet workshop On October 10 and 11, 2024, the SABIR festival[1] in Rome hosted a workshop organized by the Civil Fleet and attended by many of the NGOs involved in Search and Rescue in the Central Mediterranean. The…
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The Libya-Crete Route (SAR 3.5)
The area around Darnah, Tobruk and the Libya-Egypt border region has been a departure place since several years. While it had paused for some years, there was an increase in 2023, when mostly big fishing vessels (250-700ppl/boat) started to depart…
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The forgotten route of the Atlantic
Since 2018, the Atlantic route has witnessed a significant resurgence regarding departures and arrivals in the Canary Islands. This route encompasses a large area of West Africa, with most departures observed between the Gambia and Morocco along this extensive coastline…
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February 2025
February 18 After reaching out to Alarm Phone, 55 people are rescued by Sailing for Blue Lab vessel Nihayet Garnagey VI. All people are brought safely to Lampedusa. After a delay of almost 14 hours by the Italian coast guards,…
