“It makes a difference!“ Under this headline, the first issue of Echoes was published online and in print, distributed at the second Transborder Summer Camp, in July 2022. One of the main goals that the editorial team had defined was to make visible the impressive cooperation existing between organizations and networks present in the Mediterranean, carried out by NGO ships, aerial monitoring flights with civil aircraft, as well as through the Alarm Phone hotline. As we wrote in the first issue, “Civil Maritime Rescue Coordination Center (CMRCC): this is not a future idea or a long-term vision. No, it is already a daily practice!“
In the meantime, 18 issues of Echoes have been published every two to three months with a diary of rescues, emphasizing the cooperation among civil fleet actors. It is a critical review between 20 and 30 pages long, with regular articles and interviews on political developments, criminalization, commemorations, and mobilizations. Addressing all actors of solidarity at sea as well as any person interested in border struggles, in Echoes we reflect on significant aspects of search and rescue in the Central Mediterranean, discuss current topics, present analysis and research, and highlight the self-organized struggles of refugees and migrants.
Echoes is a collaborative publication!
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