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07.02.2023

“La Sicilia non dimentica - La situazione dei migranti e dei rifugiati alle frontiere esterne dell’Europa” (Italian)

Dal 2011 Borderline Sicilia e borderline-europe portano avanti un progetto di monitoraggio in Sicilia, finanziato dalla Chiesa Evangelica della Renania. Leggi il report delle attività relative all’anno 2022. read more

07.02.2023

Central Med Info January 2023

Since January 2021, we regularly share parts of our collected data from the Central Mediterranean (Central Med) with the public at the end of each month. These contain all the information available to us on arrivals, rescues and push & pullbacks in ... read more

06.02.2023

Criminalisation of refugees reaches new level of escalation: Young woman faces trial in Greece for attempted suicide

Statement of the initiatives CPT Aegean Migrant Solidarity, borderline-europe e.V. and You can’t evict Solidarity 03/02/2023On 8 February 2023, a 29-year-old woman who, in desperation, attempted to self-immolate in the notorious Moria 2 camp on the ... read more

01.02.2023

News from Italy - Scirocco Nr. 2/2023

Scirocco [ʃiˈrɔkko-Sirocco] is a southeasterly, hot strong wind that carries dust and sand across the Mediterranean to Sicily and Italy's north for often only a few hours. This newsletter has been published every two weeks since March 2021. All ... read more

25.01.2023

They picked up refugees from the border in order to survive - they were sentenced to 23 and 11 years

UPDATE - trial report of 27.1.23: Smuggling trial: 19 minutes trial for A.B. and H.S. in KomotiniOn 26 January, 2023, the appeal trial of 39-year-old A.S. from Afghanistan and 23-year-old Haroon Bhatti from Pakistan will take place at the highest ... read more

17.01.2023

News aus Italien - Scircco Nr. 1/2023

Scirocco [ʃiˈrɔkko-Scirocco] is a southeasterly, hot strong wind that carries dust and sand across the Mediterranean Sea to Sicily and the north of Italy for often only a few hours. This short info is published since March 2021 in an approx. ... read more

16.01.2023

Streiflicht Italien: "Nicht-Orte"

As the EU's external border state, Italy is one of the main sites of European migration policy. The mass dying in the central Mediterranean, the miserable conditions in the mass reception facilities and the blockage of civilian sea rescue have for ... read more

09.01.2023

As Long As You Can Still Listen: The Criminalization of Migrant Boat Drivers in 2022

Publication date: Tuesday 10 January 2023by the 'From Sea To Prison' project (ARCI Porco Rosso and borderline-europe)"They will not eject you from history as long as you can still speak, they will not banish you to the past as long as you can still ... read more

05.01.2023

New decree obstructs lifesaving rescue efforts at sea and will cause more deaths

On January 2nd, the new law decree on the code of conduct for civil sea rescue was published in the official gazette. With a few changes to the draft, it was approved and went into effect on January 3, 2023. In the following joint statement, civil ... read more

30.12.2022

The NGO Decree or how the Italian government is trying to get rid of the annoying civilian rescue at sea

Around 11 percent of the refugees in the Central Mediterranean are rescued by civilian rescue ships. Despite this low number, the Italian government under post-fascist Giorgia Meloni saw it necessary to issue an "NGO decree", which passed the ... read more

06.12.2022

After 3 years of imprisonment: appeal proceedings against Amir Zahiri and Akif Razuli to take place on Lesbos

Deutsch| ΕλληνικάLegal Centre Lesvos, Aegean Migrant Solidarity, borderline-europe e.V., You can't evict Solidarity and Deportation Monitoring AegeanAfter the asylum seekeres Amir Zahiri (27) and Akif Razuli (24) from Afghanistan were sentenced to ... read more

01.12.2022

No Border Christmas Cards

Support our work and fight for freedom of movement and receive our cool Xmas cards!To get one or more of these, send an e-mail to mail@borderline-europe.de with “Postcards” in the subject, telling us your address, and which card(s) and how many you ... read more

24.11.2022

"Find me a culprit!": how the Italian police sent two Turkish men to prison without any proof

by Carmen BaffiOn June 6th this year, in Crotone - a city on the Ionian sea in Italy's South-West region of Calabria - two young Turkish citizens were sentenced to 12 years in prison and a fine of nearly two million Euros, for having transported 69 ... read more

22.11.2022

Campaign: Facilitation of Freedom of Movement

We fight for a society in which freedom of movement is not only for a small privileged part of the people of the global north, but for everyone.The EU tries hard to portray the "facilitation of entry / immigration" primarily as the business of ... read more

16.11.2022

Scirocco Nr. 19 November

Scirocco [ʃiˈrɔkko-Scirocco] is a southeasterly, hot strong wind that carries dust and sand across the Mediterranean Sea to Sicily and Italy's north for often only a few hours. This brief newsletter has been published since March 2021 in an approx. ... read more

08.11.2022

Central Med Info October 2022

Each month, we monitor and collect data on the developments in the Central Mediterranean.Our goal is not to collect plain numbers, but rather gather relevant information about all crossings and activities at sea. This includes the monitoring of ... read more

02.11.2022

Brief Update from Italy Scirocco Nr. 18

27.10.2022

Greece: Father sentenced to 18 years in prison for driving car with refugees

On 26.9.2022, the trial of H. Sabetara took place in Thessaloniki, Greece, after it had already been postponed for the fourth time. At that time, the now 59-year-old father from Iran had already spent almost a year in pre-trial detention in the ... read more

20.10.2022

News from Italy - Scirocco Nr. 17

16.10.2022

Report: Denmark-Rwanda deal: deporting people, outsourcing & offshoring asylum

In September 2022, Denmark and Rwanda signed an agreement on the possible transfer of asylum seekers to the East African country. The prospective ‘transfer-system’ resembles the one announced by the UK in April. About 1,000 people may be deported ... read more

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“La Sicilia non dimentica - La situazione dei migranti e dei rifugiati alle frontiere esterne dell’Europa” (Italian)

Central Med Info January 2023

Criminalisation of refugees reaches new level of escalation: Young woman faces trial in Greece for attempted suicide

News from Italy - Scirocco Nr. 2/2023

They picked up refugees from the border in order to survive - they were sentenced to 23 and 11 years

News aus Italien - Scircco Nr. 1/2023

Streiflicht Italien: "Nicht-Orte"

As Long As You Can Still Listen: The Criminalization of Migrant Boat Drivers in 2022

New decree obstructs lifesaving rescue efforts at sea and will cause more deaths

The NGO Decree or how the Italian government is trying to get rid of the annoying civilian rescue at sea

After 3 years of imprisonment: appeal proceedings against Amir Zahiri and Akif Razuli to take place on Lesbos

No Border Christmas Cards

"Find me a culprit!": how the Italian police sent two Turkish men to prison without any proof

Campaign: Facilitation of Freedom of Movement

Scirocco Nr. 19 November

Central Med Info October 2022

Brief Update from Italy Scirocco Nr. 18

Greece: Father sentenced to 18 years in prison for driving car with refugees

News from Italy - Scirocco Nr. 17

Report: Denmark-Rwanda deal: deporting people, outsourcing & offshoring asylum

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