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NOTES FROM TRAPANI
“I don’t think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it’s only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.” ― Angela Y. Davis As the preliminary hearings…
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ILLUSIVE RESCUE: MALTA MIGRATION AND DEATH IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
“We suffer the consequences of policies drawn up in Europe with our lives, our blood, and our loved ones.” David Yambio, a young Sudanese refugee who founded the organisation Refugees in Libya, spoke these words at Baħar Ċimiterju (or Cemetery…
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OPEN LETTER TO FRONTEX DIRECTOR HANS LEIJTENS
This open letter was published on the 2nd March and signed by 20 NGOs engaged in or in support of search and rescue in the central Mediterranean Sea. Dear Hans Leijtens, As of today, you are the new Executive Director…
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FREEDOM OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD AT THE LAMPEDUSA HOTSPOT
For the implementation of freedom of correspondence with the outside world and provision of a wifi network at the Lampedusa hotspot This joint statement was published on the 9th March 2023 and signed by 11 organisations We are organizations that…
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“CUTRO EFFECT”: THE CHALLENGE OF LIFE AGAINST THE POLITICS OF DEATH
By Mediterranea Saving Humans Exactly two weeks after the Cutro shipwreck, a new massacre. While, at the time of writing, the sea off the coast of Calabria has so far returned the bodies of 79 people, mostly women and children,…
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ON THE “ILLEGALITY” OF PIANTEDOSI DECREES
Reflections on the selective disembarkation strategy in light of the Catania Civil Court decision in the case of the Humanity 1. A few weeks after its election, the new far-right Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni started (again) to target…
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FATAL DELAYS: 30 LIVES LOST DUE TO EUROPEAN NON-ASSISTANCE
Joint Statement by Alarm Phone, Mediterranea Saving Humans and Sea-Watch March 13, 2023 On Saturday, 11th March, just two weeks after at least 79 people drowned in a shipwreck off the Italian coast, Italian and Maltese authorities left once again people…
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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…
