Publications

Recentely published:

  • December 2025 – Five Days of Resistance at Sea!
    December 2025 – Five Days of Resistance at Sea!

    For five days, 34 people stood up to a violent border regime and fought for their fundamental right to freedom of movement. They were rescued in the Maltese search and rescue region by the Maridive 703, an offshore supply vessel…


  • January 2026
    January 2026

    January 3 After a Mayday Relay by Frontex Eagl1 and alert by Alarm Phone, Solidaire was able to find and rescue 36 people from a rubber dinghy. Merchant Vessel Bailey Tide was on scene and assisted in the rescue. Sadly,…


  • December 2025
    December 2025

    December 1 Upon disembarkation of the 85 survivors, Humanity 1 was placed under detention by Italian authorities under the Piantedosi decree, who accused crew from failing to coordinate with Libyan authorities. AlarmPhone alerted a distress case of 26 people aboard…


  • November 2025
    November 2025

    November 1 Trottamar III rescued 16 people from a rubber boat. Survivors were disembarked in Lampedusa. November 2 Mare Jonio rescued 37 people who were on an overcrowded fiberglass vessel at risk of sinking in international waters in a Libyan-controlled…


  • November 2025 – February 2026: Criminalising Solidarity, Resisting Abandonment
    November 2025 – February 2026: Criminalising Solidarity, Resisting Abandonment

    Over the past three months, the central Mediterranean has once again exposed a stark conflict: on one side, people on the move fighting for their freedom of movement and civilian actors attempting to prevent deaths at sea; on the other,…


  • Survivor brings Italy before the European Court of Human Rights after failure to surrender Libyan torturer Elmasry to the ICC
    Survivor brings Italy before the European Court of Human Rights after failure to surrender Libyan torturer Elmasry to the ICC

    For the first time, the European Court of Human Rights will examine a state’s failure to hand over a suspect wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). A sub-Saharan survivor of torture in Libya has filed an application against Italy…


  • October 2025
    October 2025

    October 4 The crew of Humanity 1 rescued 41 people who had been in distress at sea for more than four days in an overcrowded rubber dinghy. October 6 The Sea-Watch 5 crew rescued 79 people who were left to…


  • At the edge of the sea – Chronicles of death and disappearance
    At the edge of the sea – Chronicles of death and disappearance

    This section documents the deaths and disappearances along the Central Mediterranean, while recognizing that countless shipwrecks remain invisible, boats that vanished without a trace. Behind every number lies a name, a story, and a family torn apart by the border…


  • September 2025
    September 2025

    September 2 41 people were stranded at sea for 6 days on the merchant vessel Maridive 208 and no European country intervened. On September 2nd, the Aurora crew rescued them. 7 persons remain missing. September 6 The Sea-Watch vessel Aurora…


  • August 2025
    August 2025

    August 2 Ocean Viking received an alert from Seabird, the aircraft of Sea Watch regarding a distressed vesselwith 37 people on board in international waters in the Libyan SRR. After receiving approval toproceed from the competent authorities, Ocean Viking rescued…