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FEBRUARY 2023
2 February Seabird 2 finds 31 people in distress and the Sea-Eye 4 (Sea-Eye) rescues the group. The boat departed from Tunisia and drifted at sea for 6 days before they were found. Unfortunately, 3 people didn’t survive the journey.…
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ESCALATION OF RACISM IN TUNISIA
Since February 2023, Tunisia has faced a strong escalation of racism and violence against black people both on an institutional level and from inside society. An increasingly dictatorial president is copying racist conspiracy theories of European fascists alleging “population exchange”…
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COMMEMORACTIONS ON 6 FEBRUARY 2023
Around 6th February 2023, jointly coordinated, decentralised commemorative actions took place in many cities in North and West Africa as well as in Europe – CommemorActions. The occasion was the 6th February of 2014, when the Spanish Guardia Civil used…
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JANUARY 2023
1 January Alarm Phone forwards a distress case to authorities and NGO‘s. With the help of Colibri 2 (Pilotes Volontaires) the Geo Barents (Médecins Sans Frontières) is the only ship which responds and rescues the 44 people (1). 2 January…
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FREE EL HIBLU3 – DROP THE CHARGES!
Activities for the fourth anniversary on 25th and 27th March 2023 Saturday, March 25th at 11:00-12:00. EH3 Concert, Law Courts, Valletta Join us in Valletta in front of the Law Courts to celebrate the El Hiblu 3 and to protest…
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NEW DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE TUNISIAN ROUTE
Over the last two years, the number of people leaving Tunisia by boat to reach Italy has been increasing. This analysis describes the latest developments along this route, while placing them in the broader framework of European border outsourcing policies.…
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NOVEMBER 2022
3 November The Rise Above (Mission Lifeline) embarks 95 people from 3 different boats which had departed from Tunisia. The smaller vessel directly requests a Port of Safety in Italy and joins ongoing standoffs being engaged in by the vessels…
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RESQSHIP ALONG THE TUNISIAN ROUTE
Could you introduce the Nadir (RESQSHIP’s ship), as the concept and the challenges behind it? How do you support boats in distress? The Nadir is a sailboat run by the German organisation RESQSHIP. When we started in 2017, we were…
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6TH OF FEBRUARY CALL FOR CENTRALISED COMMEMORACTIONS
A Global Day of Struggle against the regime of death at our borders and to demand truth, justice and reparation for migration victims and their families Dear comrades, Once again, on February 6, 2023, the anniversary of the Tarajal massacre…
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“DISTANT PORTS” AND PIANTEDOSI DECREE: THE NEW-OLD STRATEGY OF THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
The war unleashed by the Italian Government against people on the move and solidarity was heralded as a triumphant “Ride of the Valkyries”. In three months it has now turned into a grueling chess game, with moves and countermoves taking…
