Since September 10, a flotilla organized by a broad coalition of associations has set sail from the Italian coasts to protest against the deadly effects of the European Union’s racist border control policies and to call for freedom of movement. Migreurop supports this initiative, in which some of its members are taking part, including the Italian association ASGI.
Collectives from across Europe are taking to the sea to denounce the militarization of the Mediterranean
f.Lotta is an (…)

Open letter from Sea-Watch e.V.

Dear Mr. Leijtens,
Frontex is once again obstructing democratic scrutiny.
Your agency is demanding that we — a civil society organisation — pay €11,093.32 in court costs, for a legal case that arose because Frontex refused to release documents related to a clear human rights violation. This demand is an act of institutional intimidation designed to deter public oversight and silence accountability efforts.
In 2021, we filed a Freedom of Information request for documents and footage (…)

A year and a half has passed since the state crime near Pylos, Greece, led to the deaths of over 600 people migrating to Europe. Despite irrefutable evidence and survivor testimonies from the shipwreck, those responsible for this crime have yet to face judicial consequences. The perpetrators continue to operate with impunity, posing an ongoing threat to displaced individuals and exemplifying the immunity they enjoy.
The state crime at Pylos was neither an isolated incident nor the last. (…)

Joint Statement

In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s crackdown on civil society, judicial independence, and the media; and the impossibility of fairly and individually determining nationalities or assessing the protection needs of migrants and asylum seekers while at sea, it is clear that Tunisia is not a safe place for the disembarkation of (…)

ASGI/Gisti/Migreurop Statement

"[On 27 March 2011], a small boat left Tripoli with 72 people on board and, after two weeks adrift at sea, ran aground on the Libyan coast with only nine survivors. No one came to the rescue of this boat, despite the distress signals registered by the Italian Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre, which located it. Several direct contacts between this boat in distress and other vessels apparently took place, including with a military helicopter, which supplied the boat with biscuits and water (…)