Joint Statement

Despite repeated warnings from Civil Society Organisations, EU lawmakers have reached an agreement on the Schengen Borders Code reform which will be voted on in a Plenary session this week. The legislative file that has emerged from negotiations between the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, the European Parliament and Commission will have devastating consequences for people in migration and racialised communities.
We call on MEPs in the Plenary vote to reject the Schengen (…)

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 (…)

Manifestation in Brussels on 10th of April 2024

On the occasion of the European Parliament’s vote on the new Pact on Migration and Asylum, Migreurop is mobilising alongside its members and numerous European civil society associations to collectively resist inhumane European policies on migration and asylum.

World Day to Fight the Death Regime at the Borders and to Demand Truth, Justice and Reparation for Victims of Migration and their Families

Their life, our light. Their destiny, our anger. Open the borders!
On February 6th, 2014, more than 200 people from the Moroccan coast tried to swim at Tarajal beach in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta. To prevent them from arriving in Spanish territory, the Civil Guard used anti-riot equipment. However, the Moroccan soldiers present did not rescue the people who drowned in front of them. Fifteen bodies were discovered on the Spanish side, dozens more disappeared, the survivors were expelled, (…)

Collective action: Joint statement by 82 organizations

Following the arrival of a record number of people on the move in Lampedusa, civil society expresses its deep concern at the security response of European states, the crisis of reception, and reaffirms its solidarity with people on the move arriving in Europe.
More than 5,000 people and 112 boats: this is the number of arrivals recorded on the Italian island of Lampedusa on Tuesday September 12. The boats, most of which arrived autonomously, originated in Tunisia or Libya. In total, more (…)