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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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July 2025
July 3 2 iron boats in the Central Med, carrying 60 & 52 people, almost sinking, were ignored by authorities for many hours after alerts from Alarm Phone. Only the sailing boat Garganey VI responded, rescuing the first boat and…
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Justice Fleet : Search and Rescue Organisations Suspend Communication with Libyan Rescue Coordination Centre
Brussels, 5 November 2025: After years of escalating human rights violations by the so-called Libyan Coast Guard in the Mediterranean Sea, 13 search and rescue organisations are taking a decisive stand: They are founding a new alliance and are suspending…
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122 European officials suspected of Crimes Against Humanity against ‘migrants’ in the Central Mediterranean route
The investigation focuses on crimes against humanity committed against people on the move on the Central Mediterranean route between 2014 and 2019, where over 25,000 people drowned and 150,000 others were abducted, tortured, and enslaved in Libya under EU-backed border…
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“Open Borders. End Deaths” – Review of the Transnational Chain of Actions
September and October 2025 Find more comprehensive reports and a gallery of photos and videos here Online Kick-Off event on 4th of September 2025 towards the transnational chain of actions About 50 people listened to the exchange after an introduction…
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60 Libyan attacks at sea as EU rolls out red carpet for militias, new data shows
Picture: Sea Watch A new report of the search and rescue organization Sea-Watch records 60 violent incidents by Libyan militias such as the so-called Libyan coastguard, against migrants as well as civil and EU state actors at sea since 2016.…
