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RESEARCH AND IDENTIFICATION BETWEEN SEA AND SHORE: THE MEM.MED EXPERIENCE
From the sea to Italy An interview by Filippo Furri with Silvia Di Meo (Mem.Med) 1. For more than 10 years now, the issue of research for families of missing persons in migration and identification procedures has been the subject…
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THE PHENOMENON OF RUN-AWAY BOATS AND THE DEMAND FOR SAFE(R) PASSAGES
For several months now, the subject of so-called “run-away-boats” has animated the world of sea rescue NGOs and beyond. These boats, which carry migrants trying to escape Libya, have characteristics that make them particularly controversial: often of relatively good quality…
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APRIL 2024
April 4 While Mare Jonio is conducting a rescue of a case alerted by AlarmPhone the Libyan Coast Guard violently intervenes, maneuvering recklessly near the operation, firing shots first into the air, then near one of MJ’s RHIBs. 56 people…
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MARCH 2024
March 2 Humanity 1 rescues 77 people from three boats spotted by Seabird. During the rescue, the Libyan CG violently intervened, firing live ammunition into the water near people, some of whom jumped into the water, and threatening the crew…
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FROM THE SAR TO THE “LAW ENFORCEMENT” LOGIC
How the “political level” has stifled human rights and the laws of the sea. An internal Italian Coast Guard email leaked few weeks ago to the press thanks to Marco Damilano’s public TV broadcast “Il Cavallo e la Torre” (The…
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SOVEREIGNS ON THE SEA AT GUNPOINT
What does the violent escalation of the so-called Libyan coastguard mean? The armed attack by the Libyan patrol vessel Fezzan against the shipwrecked people and the rescuers of the MARE JONIO on April 4th is only the latest episode of…
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AGAINST ALL ODDS: EUROPEAN STATES PURSUE BORDER OUTSOURCING POLICIES IN TUNISIA
Alarm phone Tunis In Tunisia, the European Union and its member states continue to deepen their policies of outsourcing maritime controls, pursuing the dangerous and illusory goal of preventing arrivals on Italian shores at all costs. On April 17, the…
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THE EL HIBLU 3 CELEBRATED AS HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS
Coalition for El Hiblu 3 On the 13th of April 2024, the Coalition for the El Hiblu 3 presented Abdalla Bari, Amara Kromah, and Abdul Kader with the Human Rights Defenders Award at the University of Malta, in Valletta. The…
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SOLIDARITY WITH EL HIBLU 3
Human Rights Defenders Award on the 13th of April, crucial Court session on the 30th of May 2024 Coalition for the El Hiblu 3 At the end of last year, the Attorney General kept the accusation of “terrorism” in the…
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UNITED AGAINST RACISM AND FACISM – NOW MORE THAN EVER!
We’ll Come United invites all to an anti-racist conference from April 26 to 28, 2024 in Frankfurt. The huge, Germany-wide protests against the extreme right impressively show that millions of people stand against Nazis and racist politics. At the same…
