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MSF REPORT ON ABUSE IN ABU SALIM AND AIN ZARA DETENTION CENTERS IN LIBYA
6 December 2023 Over the course of 2023 up until Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) ended medical activities in Tripoli in August, MSF witnessed and documented living conditions and abuses inside Abu Salim and Ain Zara detention centers, where thousands of…
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FRANCE’S MIGRATION LAW: IN THE FACE OF THE UNACCEPTABLE, THE FIGHT GOES ON!
By Alarm Phone The day after the International Day for the Rights of Migrants, the French executive adopted one of its most racist and violent texts against foreigners. This text, despite the ongoing strong mobilization of civil society, is an…
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CEAS REFORM: DISMANTLING HUMAN RIGHTS OF REFUGEES IN EUROPE
by PRO ASYL The CEAS (Common European Asylum System) reform will foreseeably lead to more suffering, violence and pushbacks at the external borders. The EU does not stop at the imprisonment of children or refugee deals with autocratic states. PRO…
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STATISTICS AND MORE: IN 2023, THE ASSERTIVENESS OF FLIGHT AND MIGRATION MOVEMENTS
By Hagen Kopp 157.314 sea arrivals to Italy in 2023! An increase of about 50.000 people compared to 2022. According to UNHCR statistics, only in 2014 and 2016 were more landings registered on this central Mediterranean route. And that in…
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DECEMBER 2023
1 December In the afternoon, the Geo Barrents rescues 44 people from 2 fiberglass boats in distress. Among the survivors there are 4 children less than 3 years old, 4 women and several unaccompanied minors. 3 December Administrative detention for…
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THE NEW PACT ON MIGRATION ENDS THE INDIVIDUAL RIGHT TO ASYLUM IN THE EU AND WILL COST MORE LIVES AT SEA
Joint statement – 20th of December 2023 The outcome of the final trilogue negotiations on the New Pact on Migration is a turning point and one of the most blatant displays of disrespect to human rights and the suffering along…
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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…
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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…
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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…
