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Resistance at the border, Stories of life and struggle between Italy and Tunisia
Mem-med, RiL and Refugees in Tunisia In December of last year, the association Mem.Med, Memoria Mediterranea launched the monthly column Resistances at the Borders: Stories of Life and Struggle Between Tunisia and Italy, publishing an introduction along with the first…
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State trafficking: expulsion and sale of migrants from Tunisia to Libya
The report presents 30 testimonies from migrants who were expelled from Tunisia to Libya between June 2023 and November 2024, highlighting a salient feature that appears in their accounts: the sale of human beings at the border by Tunisian police…
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Research, identification, possible forensics actions onboard
A Civil fleet workshop On October 10 and 11, 2024, the SABIR festival[1] in Rome hosted a workshop organized by the Civil Fleet and attended by many of the NGOs involved in Search and Rescue in the Central Mediterranean. The…
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The Libya-Crete Route (SAR 3.5)
The area around Darnah, Tobruk and the Libya-Egypt border region has been a departure place since several years. While it had paused for some years, there was an increase in 2023, when mostly big fishing vessels (250-700ppl/boat) started to depart…
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The forgotten route of the Atlantic
Since 2018, the Atlantic route has witnessed a significant resurgence regarding departures and arrivals in the Canary Islands. This route encompasses a large area of West Africa, with most departures observed between the Gambia and Morocco along this extensive coastline…
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February 2025
February 18 After reaching out to Alarm Phone, 55 people are rescued by Sailing for Blue Lab vessel Nihayet Garnagey VI. All people are brought safely to Lampedusa. After a delay of almost 14 hours by the Italian coast guards,…
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January 2025
January 6 Resq People rescues two groups of people traveling on two different boats, including 4 minors in the group. One of the boats had reached out to Alarm Phone. January 9 67 people, including an 8-month pregnant woman are…
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Tunisia: criminalization as a policy to fight against migration and solidarity with people on the move
Rached Tamboura, Saïdia Mosbeh, Sherifa Riahi, Mahmoud Jouou, Yadh Boussalmi, Mustapha Jemali, Abderrazak Krimi, Abdallah Saïd, and Imen Ouardani are just some of the names of those who were victim of the repressive machine applied by the Tunisian authorities under…
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Echoes from Italy: From Mitiga to Matrix
State crimes and state surveillance in the Mediterranean. Solidarity practices to counter them in the name of truth and justice. Two cases at the beginning of the new year caused a stir around the “normalization” of border management in the…
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CommemorActions 2025
World day of action against the border death regime and to demand truth, justice and reparations for migration victims and their families On February 6, 2024, a major transnational mobilization marked the 10th anniversary of Commemor-Action. On February 6, 2025,…
