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AUTONOMOUS ARRIVALS: THE VAST MAJORITY OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES AND RISKS OF SEA-CROSSING ON THEIR OWN STRENGTH
What happened in the early morning of 26.07.2022 was far from new – in another call to Alarm Phone, the same people who provided their GPS position from their boat at sea during the night a few hours earlier, stated…
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JULY 2022
For July the CMRCC counted a minimum of 158 boats departing from Libya. 72 of these arrived autonomously or with support through the Alarm Phone hotline, while 32 boats were rescued by the civil fleet. For the route from Tunisia…
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FROM PLACE OF SAFETY TO PORT OF DESTINATION
On the 25th of September, there will be an early general election in Italy. Once again, a part of the election campaign is being played out on the backs of people on the move. According to the polls, Giorgia Meloni,…
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TRANSSHIPMENT: WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BOOGEYMAN?
Last June, the Sea-Watch 4 did its very last mission as Sea-Watch 4 – from now on she will continue to operate in the Central Mediterranean with SOS Humanity as “Humanity 1”. This last mission was quite extraordinary in the…
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VOICES FROM TUNISIA
Latifa, Chamseddine and Slah are three Tunisians affected differently by the EU border regime. Each of them has particular ways of struggling against borders through their work and their daily lives. These interviews were collected in Zarzis by the CMRCC…
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JUNE 2022
Alarm Phone received 57 distress calls from Libya. 22 of these have been rescued by NGO vessels (Sea Watch 3, Sea Watch 4, Mare Jonio, Imara, Sea Eye 4, Aita Mari, Nadir, Louise Michel, Ocean Viking, Geo Barents), 13 got…
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FROM SEA TO PRISON
The criminalization of boat drivers in Italy ARCI Porco Rosso and Alarm Phone The criminalization of migration has been an important element in the context of the EU’s cruel border policies. A growing awareness of the scale and importance of…
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VOS THALASSA
Right to self-defense for people at risk of being pushed-back to Libya Report by the Civil MRCC legal team In December 2021, the Court of Cassation – the highest court in Italy – acquitted for ‘non consistency of the facts’,…
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THE FREE EL HIBLU 3 CAMPAIGN
The “ElHiblu 3” were among 108 people rescued by the merchant vessel ElHiblu 1 in March 2019. When facing the prospect of being illegally returned to Libya, the group of migrants protested and convinced the crew to steer north instead.…
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SEA-EYE ON THEIR EXPERIENCES OF TRANSSHIPMENT
“We are glad that we did this to show everybody that there are no reasons to hesitate” Already a first time in March 2022 and one more time in May the Sea-Eye 4 transshipped survivors, who have been rescued before…
