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 by Loujna-Tounkaranké and Migreurop

We have learned with shock and dismay about the "raid carried out on December 3, 2024, around 8:00 p.m. by armed individuals in civilian clothing at the home of Moussa Tiangari, Secretary General of the association Alternative Espaces Citoyens (AEC). He was taken away before the helpless eyes of his family to an unknown destination." During the arrest, the assailants reportedly also seized his personal belongings, including his computer, suitcase, and mobile phone.
It took 48 hours of (…)

A cartographer’s perspective, by Nicolas Lambert

To see how the map evolves over time, scroll down this page or see here (note: due to the amount of data processed, the map may take a few tens of seconds to display or update).
This map by Nicolas Lambert shows how the seas bordering Europe have become cemeteries for tens of thousands of people fleeing war, dictatorship, or poverty. It presents 31 years of data, shifting "the perspective from isolated incidents to a geographic and systemic reading."
Since the early 2000s, nearly 68,000 (…)

Call for Solidarity with Abdallah Said

On November 12, 2024, Abdallah Said, activist and president of the Enfants de la Lune association in Médenine , was placed in police custody by the Tunisian financial investigation unit. After a long interrogation, the charges against him remain unclear, but they appear to be mainly related to his humanitarian work supporting refugee, migrant, and abandoned children in the Médenine region.
This event is part of a troubling trend of criminalizing solidarity in Tunisia, which has (…)

Dunkirk, Saturday 23rd of Novembrer 2024, from 7pm

Three years after the shipwreck of 24 November 2021 we stand together to call for a world free from border violence. As deaths at the FR-UK border have reached unprecedented levels in 2024, we call on political authorities to learn from the tragic events of 24 November 2021, amongst others, and put an end to this.
On 24 November 2021, at least 33 people in a dinghy tried to reach the United Kingdom from the coast of Dunkirk. Many of them came from Iraqi Kurdistan, but also from (…)