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OCTOBER 2022
4 October After the disembarkation of previously rescued people in Lampedusa, Louise Michel rescues another boat in distress carrying 48 people which had previously reached out to Alarm Phone. 8 October The Nadir finds and assists 18 people in distress…
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THE TRANSBORDER SUMMER CAMP II
Extend Infrastructures for Freedom of Movement! More than 700 activists from North and West Africa and from all over Europe participated in the second Transborder summer camp near Nantes in France, which again, followed its motto „to build and to…
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AUGUST 2022
6 August The vessel Astral (Proactiva Open Arms) assists 2 boats underway to Lampedusa. One of these boats is found with the air support of Seabird 1. 8 August After an alert from the Alarm Phone, Seabird 1 is able…
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CAPTAIN SUPPORT NETWORK
Presentation of a network fighting against criminalisation of boat drivers People on the move are often arrested and imprisoned for driving boats bringing people to Europe. They are accused of human smuggling, often without access to adequate legal assistance or…
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MISSING AT THE EU BORDERS
Counting the Dead and Missing In recent years, various initiatives have been launched which attempt to count the numerous dead and missing persons at the borders of the European Union. The organization “United” was among the first to try to…
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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,…