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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…
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“FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED MORE RECOGNITION”
Interview with David Yambio from Refugees in Libya On the 9th and 10th of December 2022, a press conference, a protest and a demonstration with up to 300 participants took place in front of the UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. The…
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11 OCTOBER 2013 SHIPWRECK TRIAL
A step toward state accountability for border violence and death at sea On December 2, 2022, there was the last hearing of the criminal trial for the so-called “children shipwreck”, which occurred on 11 October 2013*. For this event, in…
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DECEMBER 2022
4 December Patrolling off the Libyan coast, the Geo Barents rescues 74 people who were travelling in a rubber boat. On the same day, the Louise Michel spots a rubber boat carrying 103 people and assists the group until the…
