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AUGUST 2023
2 August Open Arms, after rescuing 24 people, respond to an alert of 2 additional boats with 100 people. Upon arriving to the position, the so-called Libyan Coast Guard is on scene, having set fire to one boat and intimidates Open Arms. The fate of those 100 people remains unknown, while the 24 onboard Open […]
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JULY 2023
1 July Through the night, Humanity 1 (SOS Humanity) rescues 201 people over the course of 5 rescue operations. The distant port of Ortona is assigned, requiring an unnecessary 3.5 additional days of journey. 3 July Geo Barents (Médecins sans Frontières) in collaboration with civil aircraft Colibri 2 (Pilotes Volontaires) respond to a distress case […]
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THE DYNAMICS OF STUGGLES FOR FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT
By Sophie-Anne Bisiaux, Giuseppe Caccia, Chiara Denaro and Hagen Kopp The manufactured crisis and the solidarity response in Lampedusa In the week of the 11th to the 17th of September 2023, more than 11,560 people made it bravely to Lampedusa. Not all who tried succeeded. Some were intercepted by the Libyan and Tunisian authorities and […]
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JOINT STATEMENT – ARRIVALS IN LAMPEDUSA
Following the arrival of a record number of people on the move in Lampedusa, civil society expresses its deep concern at the security response of European states, the crisis of reception, and reaffirms its solidarity with people on the move arriving in Europe. Lampedusa, picture taken in front of the hotspot, September 14, 2023. Credit: […]
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SEARCHING FOR THE MISSING, CARING FOR THE DEAD
This article contains the words of those affected by the murderous border regime who struggle so the dead and the missing are not silenced and forgotten “We, families of the missing” Letter written by Laila Waleed Hasan, a young woman from Syria. Her brother, Jihad Walid Hassan, is missing since he left Tunisia by boat […]
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URGENT WARNING – INCREASED DEATHS AT SEA, NGO VESSELS DETAINED
European states must stop obstructing civilian search and rescue efforts in the Central Mediterranean EN – FR – IT – DE Up to 600 people lost their lives in another avoidable shipwreck off the Greek coast in June 2023. As civil society, we are horrified by the preventable deaths in the Central Mediterranean sea which […]
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MAPPING SOLIDARITY AT SEA
Civil actors along the Central Mediterranean Date: July 2023
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REFUGEES IN LIBYA – PROTESTS IN BRUSSELS
By Solidarity with Refugees in Libya After the collective protests in December 2022 in front of the headquarters of the UNHCR in Geneva, Refugees in Libya and the support alliance mobilized for the end of June 2023 to the European capital. “From Tripoli to Brussels – amplifying the voices of Refugees in Libya” was the […]
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UP TO 600 PEOPLE DROWNED OFF PYLOS, GREECE
Only days after EU leaders agreed to further erode the right to asylum Excerpts from an open letter signed by over 180 human rights organizations and initiatives together with Tima Kurdi, aunt of Alan Kurdi. Today on World Refugee Day, we jointly demand full and independent investigations into the events, clear consequences for those responsible, […]
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JUNE 2023
1 June The Mare*Go performs her first rescue of 36 people who tried to reach Lampedusa. Italian authorities ordered to disembark the survivors in Trapani which is a day of sailing away. For not complying but instead disembarking the survivors at the nearest port of safety which was Lampedusa, the ship got detained for 20 […]
