Almost one year to the day after the launch of the project, under the aplaudissements participants of the Cecina antiracist meeting and cries of "Boats 4 People!" Several hundreds of balloons were released into the port of departure of the boat Rosignano "Oloferne "organization Nave di Carta for the first mission Boats 4 People. Composed of three international activists , a representative of families of missing migrants in Tunisia, two journalists and two documentary filmmakers, the team’s (…)

Once again, human right activists were unable to meet due to the closure of EU borders. One delegate from the Malian Organisation of Expelled people (Association Malienne des Expulsés – AME) and a delegate from the Central African Organisation of Removed people in Mali (Association des Refoulés d’Afrique Centrale au Mali – ARACEM) were refused visas by the French authorities and were unable attend the international anti-racist meeting organised by ARCI, Boats 4 People, and the Migreurop (…)

Press release number 1 of the crossing.

01/07/12 - 19/07/12

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International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)- Migreurop- Justice without borders for migrants (JWBM)sans frontieres pour les migrants (JSFM)

An investigation led by FIDH, Migreurop and JWBM in Libya (7-15 June 2012) paints an alarming picture of the treatment inflicted on the migrant population, in the confusion that currently reigns in the country.
With rich oil reserves and a small population, Gaddafi’s Libya relied heavily on migrant labour to serve the economy. During the conflict hundreds of thousands of migrants fled to Tunisia, Egypt and neighbouring countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, fearing for their lives. More than six (…)