«They arrived – but they look very mean!»

Violent pushback over a distance of  ~460 km, from West of Peloponnese to Turkey On September 1, the Alarm Phone was alerted to a boat carrying approx. 85 people who were in distress West of Tainaro Cape, Peloponnese, on their way to Italy. The people were calling for help and Greek authorities were immediately informed […]

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8 Years of Struggle!

Photo: Alarm Phone Eight years ago, on 11 October 2014, we launched the Alarm Phone, a hotline for people in distress at sea. We chose that day as it was the anniversary of a disaster that had occurred on 11 October 2013, when Italian and Maltese authorities delayed the rescue of a sinking boat. Due […]

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8 Years of Struggle!

Photo: Alarm Phone Eight years ago, on 11 October 2014, we launched the Alarm Phone, a hotline for people in distress at sea. We chose that day as it was the anniversary of a disaster that had occurred on 11 October 2013, when Italian and Maltese authorities delayed the rescue of a sinking boat. Due […]

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Press release by Association des Mères de Migrants Disparus

We, as the Association des Mères de Migrants Disparus (Mothers of Disappeared Migrants) and on behalf of the mothers and sisters of the disappeared, denounce the statement of the head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which we consider shameful and damaging to the dignity, despising their feeling of distress after the loss […]

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A dilemma between unbelievable violence and death

Detailed accounts of survivors shed light on the brutal practices and the infrastructure of violence against people on the move in the Evros/Meric region. In recent times, the Alarm Phone has received many distress calls from individuals who were stuck in the woods in the Evros region. They are often in bad physical condition and […]

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A dilemma between unbelievable violence and death

Detailed accounts of survivors shed light on the brutal practices and the infrastructure of violence against people on the move in the Evros/Meric region. In recent times, the Alarm Phone has received many distress calls from individuals who were stuck in the woods in the Evros region. They are often in bad physical condition and […]

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A dilemma between unbelievable violence and death

Detailed accounts of survivors shed light on the brutal practices and the infrastructure of violence against people on the move in the Evros/Meric region. In recent times, the Alarm Phone has received many distress calls from individuals who were stuck in the woods in the Evros region. They are often in bad physical condition and […]

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29 deaths at European borders: The migration policy agreement between Spain and Morocco that kills!

Photo: AMDH The tragic events of 24 June 2022, on the border between Nador and Melilla, in Morocco, are a violent reminder of the failure of security-based migration policy. The 27 deaths and hundreds of injured people both on the migrants’ side and the Moroccan security forces’ side are the tragic example of the European […]

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“Although we said to the Greek police that ‘if you push us back, we will be arrested in Turkey’, they sent us back […], violating the international ban on refoulment.”

E. asked the Alarm Phone to share a personal account of one of the pushbacks they experienced at the Greek-Turkish border – one of many human rights violations committed daily at the borders of Europe. Screenshot sent by E. displaying their positions on the Greek bank of Maritsa/Evros river. “My name is E. Because I […]

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19 Μαΐου: δίκη στην Καλαμάτα – η ποινικοποίηση των ανθρώπων που μετακινούνται στην Ελλάδα συνεχίζεται!

Source: watchthemed Οι προσπάθειες ποινικοποίησης των μεταναστών στην Ελλάδα συνεχίζονται: δύο μετανάστες πρέπει να παρουσιαστούν ενώπιον του δικαστηρίου στην Καλαμάτα στις 19 Μαΐου 2022. Λίγο μετά τις δίκες κατά των 3 της Πάρου (Paros 3) και των 2 της Σάμου (Samos 2), δύο ακόμη άτομα θα δικαστούν στην Ελλάδα. Πριν από έναν χρόνο περίπου, τις βραδινές […]

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