Publications

  • MAPPING OF THE CIVIL FLEET
    MAPPING OF THE CIVIL FLEET

    This map shows the various civil society actors active in search and rescue activities in the Central Mediterranean. It has been produced using data collected by Alarm Phone and the Civil MRCC from the following actors. It was published first…


  • ONE YEAR AFTER THE PYLOS MASSACRE
    ONE YEAR AFTER THE PYLOS MASSACRE

    Justice for victims and survivors On 14 June 2023, more than 600 migrants were killed when their boat Adriana capsized after the authorities attempted to push them back to Italy instead of rescuing them from their already endangered boat. But…


  • PATROLS BOATS TO TUNISIA
    PATROLS BOATS TO TUNISIA

    The Council of State grants Italian civil society’s precautionary petition 20 June 2024 “Suspension of Patrol Boat Transfer to Tunisia Pending Further Notice. The hearing is Scheduled for July 11 in the Council Chamber. ASGI, ARCI, ActionAid, Mediterranea Saving Humans,…


  • FROM TRIPOLI TO ROME – IMAGINE AND BUILD NEW SAFE PASSAGES
    FROM TRIPOLI TO ROME – IMAGINE AND BUILD NEW SAFE PASSAGES

    Impressions from Event #2 of the Human Rights Defenders Evacuation Campaign from Refugees in Libya end of May 2024 in the Italian capital With the presence of 7 out of 14 Human Rights Defenders evacuated from Libya to Italy on…


  • A BIG VICTORY AT THE PYLOS9 IN GREECE
    A BIG VICTORY AT THE PYLOS9 IN GREECE

    21st May 2024 On 14 June 2023, a fishing vessel carrying around 750 people sank 47 miles off the coast of Pylos, a small town in the region of Peloponnese in Greece. The people had started from Tobruk in Libya…


  • EL HIBLU3 IN MALTA: THE FARCIAL TRIAL CONTINUES
    EL HIBLU3 IN MALTA: THE FARCIAL TRIAL CONTINUES

    On 30 May 2024, another hearing in the El Hiblu 3 case took place in the courtroom in Valletta. The judge decided to dismiss the plea of the lawyers for lack of jurisdiction. In the session before the defenders of…


  • ON THE INVIOLABLE CIVIL RIGHT TO RESCUE: BRINDISI COURT DECISION
    ON THE INVIOLABLE CIVIL RIGHT TO RESCUE: BRINDISI COURT DECISION

    On the illegitimacy of the NGO ships’ seizures The criminalization of civil relief in Italy is by no means new. Since 2017, it has been carried out by successive governments of all orientations, through a multiplicity of instruments. From media…


  • THE NADOR-MELILLA BORDER TRAP
    THE NADOR-MELILLA BORDER TRAP

    A counter-investigation into the racist massacre of 24 June 2022 A counter-investigation into the racist massacre of 24 June 2022, by Border Forensics, in collaboration with Irídia-Centre for the Defense of Human Rights and AMDH-Moroccan Association for Human Rights „On…


  • INTERRUPTED SEA – ALARMPHONE REPORT
    INTERRUPTED SEA – ALARMPHONE REPORT

    The illegal and violent practices of the Tunisian National Guard in the Central Mediterranean  Migrants boats on Beliana beach. Photo: ananymous Based on testimonies gathered by various actors of Tunisian and transnational civil society, this report documents the interception practices…


  • TO RAHMAN FARAZI, DEAD AT THE BORDERS
    TO RAHMAN FARAZI, DEAD AT THE BORDERS

    A journey through the identification of a deceased person On 6 March, Rahman Farazi died on board the Sea Watch 5. Rahman was 19, from the Bangladeshi city of Maripur. Rahman died after being rescued in the middle of the…