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RELAUNCH OF THE WEBGUIDE FROM THE NETWORK WELCOME TO EUROPE (W2EU)
On 20 September 2023 the quadrilingual webguide of the network Welcome to Europe was relaunched: “w2eu.info provides information to refugees and migrants that might be useful on their journey to and through Europe. We want to give access to counseling and useful contacts in different European countries. (…) We welcome all travelers on their difficult […]
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REPORT FROM THE MALDUSA CAMP IN LAMPEDUSA
7-12 October 2023 Maldusa invited about 60 activists from various solidarity projects in the Mediterranean Sea and beyond. On the one hand, the network internal meeting intended to further consolidate the cooperation and practices between actors at sea and on land that had been developing in recent years. On the other hand, several public events […]
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IUVENTA: NOTES FROM TRAPANI
By iuventa crew As we approach the end of the preliminary trial, we want to take a look back… After its start in May 2022, the preliminary phase of the trial against the four defendants of the iuventa-crew is entering its final phase. It is expected that at the beginning of 2024, the judge of […]
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ALLIANCE WITH REFUGEES IN LIBYA
A new translocal network called “Alliance with Refugees in Libya” (ARiL) was built already in August 2023 – following mobilization at the end of June in Brussels (see Echoes No. 7, page 18) in a meeting in Bologna. Bologna was not chosen by accident. Refugees in Libya (RiL) had decided before to create a registered […]
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INTERVIEW WITH ROMDHANE BEN AMOR
Activist from the FTDES (Forum Tunisien Des Droits Economiques Et Sociaux) Could you tell us about the FTDES and its role in migration-related struggles? The FTDES’s philosophy has always been based on confronting unfair policies and standing by the most vulnerable groups. For this reason, migration justice was one of the most important topics that […]
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THE NEW BORDER ASYLUM PROCEDURES IN ITALY
A new way of “managing” arrivals and the violation of refugee rights at the southern EU border By Lucia Gennari, Civil MRCC legal team A few days after the Cutro massacre, the Italian government gathered all its ministers in the Calabrian village for an “extraordinary” council of ministers from which came out Decree-Law No. 20/2023 […]
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SUBVERTING THE NARRATIVES ABOUT SMUGGLING
By Captain Support & Feminist Autonomous Centre for Research Why we need this discussion Across the EU and its member states, migration is constructed as a threat that needs to be defended against. Particular emphasis in this is given to “migrant smuggling,” framed as a global crime that exposes migrants to life-threatening risks. This narrative […]
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OCTOBER 2023
3 October Colibri 2 provides critical support to Nadir in 3 operations with 125 people in distress. 4 October The Alarm Phone receives a distress call from a boat with 53 people. Louise Michel is in the area and finds the overcrowded rubber boat. After performing the rescue, Louise Michel responds to a mayday relay […]
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SEPTEMBER 2023
4 September Louise Michel (LM) rescues 24 people from an unseaworthy wooden boat then spends the next 12 hours searching for a second boat with 44 people in coordination with AlarmPhone. They are finally found late in the night, many hours after losing contact with AlarmPhone. Weather conditions cause the LM to seek shelter in […]
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GERMANY: CALL TO STOP THE CRIMINALISATION OF SEA RESCUE AND SOLIDARITY!
In Germany, the Federal Ministry of the Interior has presented a draft law which, among other things, could penalize sea rescue with up to 10 years in prison. The paragraph is embedded in further tightening of asylum law. This must not happen! Picture: RESQship After the first protests, the current Interior minister, Nancy Faeser, stated […]
