An air strike on the Tajoura migrants’ detention centre, in the eastern suburbs of the Libyan capital city, was reported on 2 July evening. Two days later, the death toll keeps increasing with so far at least 66 dead and over 80 wounded . Late April 2019 already, many migrants died in the attack of Gasr Bin Gashir by armed groups about 30km away south of Tripoli.
While the fighting between the United Nations officially recognised National Unity Government (NUG) and commander Haftar’s (...)
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Video "No to the war on exiled people"
Migreurop video for the 2019 European elections
The last few years have been characterised by growing hostility towards migrants, whom Europe now simply refuses to accept, even when they are seeking protection. They are considered undesirable on European soil, where right-wing and far-right populism is on the rise, and there is increased repression of them and their supporters.
In the run-up to the European elections in May 2019, the Migreurop network is mobilising against violations of the rights of people on the move trying to reach (...)28-29 June 2018 European Council – Strengthening Borders Signals the Death of Migrants and the EU
Fewer and fewer migrants are able to cross EU borders. Over the first six months of the year, arrivals by sea to Italy decreased by over 70% compared with 2017 . In spite of this, a few hundred migrants rescued at sea have been portrayed as the root cause of the most significant “crisis” ever faced by the EU. The European Council, which is meeting on 28-29 June, is once again placing at the top of its agenda the response to “migratory pressures”. However, the “solutions” that will be put forward (...)
Obscene borders
Activity Report 2017
Although the country’s presidency of the EU does not begin until July 1st, Austria has already announced, through its Prime Minister, that it will seek to focus on borders. This is hardly surprising from the leader of a party on the far right, but this impulse is shared by a number of European heads of government and may even be the lowest common denominator between member states. According to the President of the European Council, in a statement made last January, “Protecting our territory, (...)
Dead and missing at sea Information guide for families and their supporters
A publication by Boats4People
Boats 4 People published on the 12th of May 2017, during the Sabir Festival, an information guide for the families of migrants –and their supporters- who died or went missing while crossing Central Mediterranean sea on their way to Italy.
This guide is now available in Italian, English, French, Arabic and Tigrinya (see also attachments below).
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) since 2014, more than 12 000 people lost their lives in the Mediterranean (...)