The Italian government, supported by EU member states, has reached a new step in the war waged against migrants, criminalizing the NGOs whose task is to rescue them in the Mediterranean.
Italy
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Illegal refoulement of 500 migrants to Libya: the EU must condemn Italian authorities
Press release
Press release of Euro Meditarranean Human Rights Network (EMHRN) and Migreurop
Shipwreck in the high sea off Libya: an announced tragedy. Until when?
Press release Migreurop
On 29 March 2009, 30 km away from the Libyan coast, there was one of the largest shipwrecks in the history of immigration into Europe: out of three boats that set off from Libya, two sank and the third disappeared.
Detention camps in Malta and Lampedusa: Revolts of desperation
Migreurop-press release
A revolt movement has exploded on the 18th of February 2009, in the overcrowded detention centre for migrants on Lampedusa island (South Europe), is not only the result of unacceptable conditions wherein are detained its occupants.
Lampedusa-Chronology
Chronology from 24 January to 13 February