Italy’s parliament votes to continue support for Libyan Coastguard despite dire warnings. Meanwhile, EU parliamentary group finds faults with Frontex HUMAN rights violations against people trapped in Libya’s migrant detention centres continued “unabated” during the first six months of this year, a new report by Amnesty International revealed today. The study, entitled No-One Will LookContinue reading “Human rights violations continue ‘unabated’ in Libya’s migrant detention camps, Amnesty finds”
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Protesters across Europe call for the abolition of the EU’s border force
New activist network Abolish Frontex says the agency lies at the centre of the violence perpetrated by Fortress Europe THE EUROPEAN Union’s border force (Frontex) and the system it spearheads should be abolished, activists at protests in cities across Europe demanded today. Marking the launch of Abolish Frontex, an activist network comprised of over 50Continue reading “Protesters across Europe call for the abolition of the EU’s border force”
UN demands EU reforms it search-and-rescue policies days after refugee bodies wash up on a beach in Libya
Meanwhile, lawyers take Frontex to court for the first time in the agency’s history over its alleged role in pushbacks THE United Nations’ top human rights official called on the European Union today to urgently reform its search-and-rescue practices in the central Mediterranean, just days after the bodies of drowned refugee children washed up onContinue reading “UN demands EU reforms it search-and-rescue policies days after refugee bodies wash up on a beach in Libya”
400 refugees saved in 72 hours off Libyan coast with no help from European authorities
Rescuers onboard the Sea-Eye 4 call for a port of safety to disembark the rescued CIVILIAN refugee rescuers have saved the lives of more than 400 people in just 72 hours in the central Mediterranean — with no help from the European maritime authorities. The activist-run emergency hotline organisation Alarm Phone alerted the crew ofContinue reading “400 refugees saved in 72 hours off Libyan coast with no help from European authorities”
Greek coastguard systematically violating refugee human rights, report alleges
Alarm Phone documents 76 cases in the last 12 months when the Hellenic Coastguard used violent methods against refugees THE Greek coastguard stands accused once again of having systematically violated the human rights of refugees over the last year in a new study published today by the refugee distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone. In theContinue reading “Greek coastguard systematically violating refugee human rights, report alleges”
Witnessing a dereliction of duty
Eyewitnesses tell The Civil Fleet how passing ships and the Maltese authorities tried to abandon stranded refugees LAST SATURDAY morning, a rubber boat sailing away from war-torn Libya carrying 109 people contacted the distress hotline operated by the activist network Alarm Phone. “The weather is rapidly deteriorating,” Alarm Phone tweeted soon after the call. “TheContinue reading “Witnessing a dereliction of duty”
Witnessing the Libyan Coastguard harassing an NGO refugee rescue mission
EIKE tells The Civil Fleet what he saw from the reconnaissance aircraft Seabird in Malta’s SAR zone last Friday IT WAS an eventful couple of days in the Mediterranean waters off Malta’s southern coast this weekend. Over 140 people in two overcrowded rubber boats were saved by a coalition of civilian refugee rescue organisations withinContinue reading “Witnessing the Libyan Coastguard harassing an NGO refugee rescue mission”
Close to 10,000 people pushed back to Turkey by Greek coastguard and Frontex, activists allege
New report by Mare Liberum documents 321 migrant pushbacks in the Aegean Sea last year CLOSE to 10,000 people were forcibly pushed back across the Aegean Sea to Turkey last year by the Greek coastguard and the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), according to a human rights monitoring organisation. Mare Liberum, a GermanContinue reading “Close to 10,000 people pushed back to Turkey by Greek coastguard and Frontex, activists allege”
What happened to 91 people who went missing in the Mediterranean a year ago?
‘CommemorActions’ held across the world in solidarity with the families of missing refugees “MY SON has been lost since February 2020. He travelled to Tripoli, Libya. And since then we have not heard anything from or about him,” says Elomda Moussa Bakr Hamid in a YouTube video posted yesterday by the activist network Alarm Phone.Continue reading “What happened to 91 people who went missing in the Mediterranean a year ago?”
Why did Frontex help an NGO ship rescue refugees in the Mediterranean?
Though the European border agency tells The Civil Fleet it is NOT its policy to ignore charity ships, MSF humanitarian affairs adviser Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui finds a number of contradictions to this claim THE Osprey 3, a reconnaissance plane chartered by Frontex, the European Border and Coastguard Agency alerted an NGO refugee rescue ship toContinue reading “Why did Frontex help an NGO ship rescue refugees in the Mediterranean?”
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