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03.10.2024, l'Unità
The old boat stopped a few hundred metres from the port of Lampedusa on the night of 3 October 2013. We do not know if the engine was switched off or if it was a breakdown, but, certainly, among the 543 people on board - Eritreans and Ethiopians, many women and children, all returning from the Libyan prisons - fear began to spread, not least because of a leakage of water that had opened on board. While waiting, which lasted several hours, the migrants saw many boats pass by. read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta
01.10.2024, InfoMigrants
First part of a Five-part series Has the EU's border measures inadvertently created a thriving market for smugglers in the Mediterranean? This exclusive InfoMigrants series, drawing on interviews with dozens of migrants who made the perilous journey across the Central Mediterranean, reveals a grim reality. Europe-bound migrants passing through Libya endure financial exploitation and fall victim to a complex network of human smugglers, armed criminal gangs, militia and law enforcement. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Afrika
30.09.2024, taz
Church asylum is broken for the first time in Hamburg. It remains unclear why the authorities expelled the 29-year-old Afghan in particular. A handcuffed man is led away by masked police officers at the state reception centre for refugees (LEA). read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Deutschland
27.09.2024, Alarm Phone
Open letter to IMRCC Rome, JRCC Malta, Frontex, and the UNHCR On the 13th of March 2024 the rescue vessel Ocean Viking rescued 25 people on a black rubber boat in international waters. According to the survivors, they had spent nearly one week at sea – adrift and without orientation. During that time many people perished and are now missing. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Europäische Union
26.09.2024, Al Jazeera
Sudanese refugees fleeing war and violence are among the many attempting dangerous crossings from France to the UK. Trapped in a cycle of displacement, they face harsh conditions in makeshift camps near Calais, where French authorities, funded by the UK, systematically block their attempts to cross the Channel. Many have no choice but to depend on smugglers or endure the violent pushbacks in Libya and Tunisia, as Europe continues to invest heavily in externalizing its borders rather than addressing the root causes of migration. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Europäische Union, Afrika
25.09.2024, Infomigrants
Hundreds of migrants live in olive groves near Sfax, Tunisia, without any assistance. Many are injured in fights between migrant groups or at the hands of Tunisians. Others suffer from serious illnesses such as cholera or typhoid. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika
24.09.2024, Infomigrants
A girl and three women have died after the inflatable boat they were traveling on sank off the coast of the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean Sea. Five people were rescued, among them a pregnant woman and a minor. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei
23.09.2024, Nau.ch
The navy in Senegal has recovered at least 30 bodies of presumed migrants on a fishing boat. The boat was drifting about 70 kilometres off Senegal's capital Dakar on the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Africa. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Spanien, Afrika
22.09.2024, Migazin
Thousands of people risk their lives every month to reach the Canary Islands or Italy in small boats from Africa. They are driven by the hope of a better life in Europe. Many do not reach the shore, some are lucky and are rescued. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika
21.09.2024, NZZ
With his radical migration policy, Matteo Salvini has not only manoeuvred himself but also the Lega into the off. Now the party has to reinvent itself. The Palermo public prosecutor's office is demanding six years in prison in the trial against Matteo Salvini. ‘I plead guilty to defending Italy and the Italians,’ says Italy's Deputy Prime Minister in a dramatically staged video on his social media channels. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Italien / Malta
20.09.2024, Sea-Watch
Homayoun Sabetara has been innocently jailed in Greece for more than three years. Like thousands of others, he is unlawfully accused of driving his own getaway car across the Greek border to apply for asylum. Ahead of his appeal trial on 24 September, 70 organizations, including LeaveNoOneBehind, borderline-europe and Sea-Watch, are calling for his release and an end to the criminalization of people on the move in Europe. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Griechenland / Türkei, Europa
20.09.2024, euronews
Governments seeking to replicate the deal struck between Italy and Albania to outsource the processing of asylum claims should not look to the Balkan country for a partner, Albanian prime minister Edi Rama told Euronews. "This is an exclusive agreement with Italy because we love everyone, but with Italy we have unconditional love," Rama said, speaking in the European Parliament on Thursday. read more
Language(s): Deutsch / German Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Italien / Malta, Europäische Union
20.09.2024, the Guardian
The EU's migration deal with Tunisia has led to widespread abuse of migrants by Tunisian security forces, including sexual violence and abandonment in the desert, while Europe continues to fund these operations. By externalising its borders and paying Tunisia to block migration, the EU avoids direct responsibility for human rights abuses, despite mounting evidence of collusion between Tunisian authorities and smugglers. Despite these events, the EU plans to renew funding. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Nordafrika, Europäische Union
19.09.2024, the Guardian
Giorgia Meloni's government is increasing the criminalisation of immigration, imposing harsh penalties on those who assist migrants, while expanding the detention of irregular entrants. Despite her claims of compassion, Meloni's policies create a legal environment that leaves many migrants in precarious situations, effectively treating them as criminals rather than seeking humane solutions to their plight. This hardline approach reflects a wider trend of punishing those fleeing desperation while failing to address the underlying problems of migration. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Italien / Malta
19.09.2024, infomigrants
Croatia has stepped up its efforts to combat smuggling, with a significant increase in the number of arrests of people involved in facilitating irregular migration. Smugglers, many of whom are foreign nationals, are heavily targeted as part of the country's crackdown on migration along the Balkan route. Despite the focus on criminalising these networks, smuggling rings continue to operate, particularly near the Bosnia-Croatia border. This approach reflects Croatia's broader strategy of externalising migration control and reinforcing its role as a gatekeeper to the European Union. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Balkanstaaten, Europäische Union
19.09.2024, La Repubblica
The NGO sent the minister's latest tweet to prosecutor Khan, who has long been investigating human trafficking networks embedded in Libyan institutions read more
Language(s): Italienisch / Italiano Region(s): Italien / Malta, Nordafrika, Weltweit
19.09.2024, Giornale di Sicilia
There is a security alert for the three state prosecutors in the Open Arms trial: Marzia Sabella, Gery Ferrara and Giorgia Righi. Following the thousands of messages of insults and threats sent via social networks and heavy intimidating letters addressed to the magistrates, Palermo's Attorney General Lia Sava raised the alarm with the Provincial Committee for Public Order and Security. read more
19.09.2024, Prospect
The core anti-immigration ideology of the modern far right is driven by the 'Great Replacement' theory. This idea fuels violent fantasies targeting immigrant communities, with far-right influencers playing a crucial role in spreading these views online. The movement's anti-immigrant stance is not just local but transnational, linking grievances about immigration across countries. Far-right influencers capitalise on this shared anger, amplifying narratives of 'invasion' and 'occupation' to incite their followers. Their rhetoric often portrays migrants as a threat to national identity and culture, and legitimises fantasies of extreme violence as a response to the perceived crisis. read more
Language(s): Englisch / English Region(s): Großbritannien, Europa
19.09.2024, SZ
In Italy, the conflict between the judiciary and the Meloni government is escalating. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is trying to protect her deputy Matteo Salvini from a prison sentence. The public prosecutor's office is demanding six years in prison for Salvini for preventing 150 migrants from entering a safe harbour when he was interior minister in 2019. Here Salvini's ceremonial video presents the Open Arms trial as a political campaign against him: https://www.ilpost.it/flashes/video-salvini-open-arms/ read more
18.09.2024, Mediterrana Saving Humans
"For the first time in history," commented head of the mission Luca Casarinispeaking from the bridge, "a ship is being ordered to remove life-saving equipment instead of adding to it. If we do not obey, they will take away our ability to sail. This is an illegitimate measure because, as established by international and national maritime law, rescue at sea is an obligation, not only for rescue ships, but for any ship that has information about lives in danger at sea. read more
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