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Saturday, 11th March, just two weeks after about 100 people lost their lives in a shipwreck off the Italian coast, Italian and Maltese authorities have once again let people die at sea. This time, their politics of non-assistance and the delegation of their duties to the so-called Libyan Coast Guard led to the death of […]
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Source: Alarm Phone The Alarm Phone was alerted by 47 people on a boat in distress, trying to escape from the inhumane conditions in Libya. They relayed their GPS position (N 33°56, E018°28) which we forwarded to the Italian, Maltese, and Libyan authorities at 2:28h CET on 11 March. The situation was critical. The boat was adrift. […]
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We are organizations that for years have been involved in search and rescue at sea, in struggles for the rights of people on the move and the creation of support infrastructures and solidarity with migrants. After having approached the competent authorities – by means of a letter addressed to the Prefecture of Agrigento and for […]
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CommemorAction in Izmir 2022. Photo: Anonymous The Alarm Phone stands by your side. The shipwreck that occurred at dawn on 26 February just off the Calabrian coast near Steccato di Cutro (Crotone, Italy) shook us deeply. Only 81 people survived, while to date 67 bodies have been recovered and several are still missing. Since that […]
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Photo: Anonymous Since the night between 14 and 15 February, almost a week ago, the arrivals on Lampedusa have started again. After a week’s stop, the Favaloro pier is once again bustling with people rescued by the Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza near the island. It is now a recurring and well-known trend: […]
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Court of Rome ruling on the shipwreck of 11 October 2013: Italian coast guard and navy are responsible for the death of 268 refugees due to failure to provide assistance. The court confirms once again: People in distress at sea must always be rescued from drowning! The Court of Rome […]
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Large boat intercepted off Tobruk, Libya, on 15 December. Source: @brirmijihed Introduction In 2022, the Alarm Phone was alerted to 673 boats in distress in the central Mediterranean region. In view of 27 distress cases in 2018, 101 in 2019, 173 in 2020, and 407 in 2021, 2022 was by far the busiest year the […]
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Photo: Alarm Phone Unanswered Questions On the 14th of December, a boat broke apart in the middle of the Channel, leading to the deaths of at least four people. The total number of passengers on board has not been confirmed, nor how many people are missing from the group. Less than two weeks ago it […]
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Workers with hardhats on a construction site, date & place unknown. Source: Pexels.com, stock of royalty free photos Migration, from a European point of view, is often associated with overcrowded boats, people climbing fences, horrific pictures from shipwrecks and the purportedly heroic actions of some (white) individuals and (European) NGOs. As a network supporting people […]
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Workers with hardhats on a construction site, date & place unknown. Source: Pexels.com, stock of royalty free photos Migration, from a European point of view, is often associated with overcrowded boats, people climbing fences, horrific pictures from shipwrecks and the purportedly heroic actions of some (white) individuals and (European) NGOs. As a network supporting people […]
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