On the violence of institutions in Lampedusa
by – Hurriya Info – 15 September It is difficult to describe the level of cynical, sadistic, systematic violence that the institutions are exerting on the people landed on Lampedusa these days. A violence that continues in cascade (and in these cases in almost total media silence), in all the other places where people are…
On the death of Fatoumata Bamba in the Lampedusa hotspot
By Hurriya Fatoumata Bamba, 25, was left for dead in the Lampedusa hotspot on 18 February. She is the third victim at the hotspot in the last two months. A cloak of silence and indifference has fallen over these deaths. In this last case we only know her name and the description of what happened…
Death at Merksplas (Belgium) closed centre after hunger strike
Published on Getting the voice out This morning,February 15, 2023, we received several calls from detainees informing us of the death of a person at the Merkplas detention centre. This 40 year old Georgian man had been on hunger strike for several days and had been placed in isolation. He was the father of three…
Call-out: Organise to stop the Italy-Libya Memorandum!
https://abolishfrontex.org/blog/2022/09/07/call-out-organise-to-stop-the-italy-libya-memorandum/ SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15: PROTESTS IN FRONT OF ITALIAN EMBASSIES IN BERLIN, BRUSSELS, MADRID…AND IN YOUR CITY! Refugees in Libya started their protests in October 2021 – yet the conditions for refugees in Libya remain the same. They are exposed to structural violence, arbitrary detention in inhumane conditions, torture, enslavement and murder. People are still drowning…
MOUSSA BALDE AND HIS FAMILY ARE NOT ALONE
we receive and spread On October 14th, we will stand in front of the courthouse to say that Moussa and his family are not alone, that there was a racist attack in Ventimiglia, and that Moussa’s suicide is none other than a murder by the state. On October 14th at 9 a.m., the first hearing will be held…
NEWS FROM THE DETENTION CENTER OF CALTANISSETTA (SICILY)
we receive and share On an August morning, some solidarists gathered in front of the gate of Pian del Lago, in Caltanissetta, where the war of the border regime is at its best. Pian del Lago, a former military base turned into a CPT (ex way to call detention center, now CPR) in 1998, is…
Libyan police say they have detained dozens of migrants following a raid
Published by Infomigrants on : 16/08/2022 “Many migrants” were arrested and detained following raids in Tripoli, authorities in western Libya said on Monday, announcing a crackdown on crime. A Libyan militant, however, said the raids were a “propaganda campaign” to cover up the killings of migrants. Authorities in western Libya claimed to have rounded up…
Bosnia repatriates the first two migrants to Pakistan. A “test bench” for EU entry
published in Altraeconomia – article by Luca Rondi, 9 August 2022 On 31 July, with a scheduled flight, the Sarajevo government met the requests of European institutions: the aim is to externalise expulsions as well. And it promises readmission agreements with Afghanistan, Syria and Bangladesh: yet another blow to the right to asylum Bosnia and…
European funding to Morocco to stop people, at all costs
by Altraeconomia by Luca Rondi – 1 July 2022 In recent years, the European Union has provided Moroccan police with means, ‘training’ and identification tools. Millionaire supplies, not very transparent, from which those same border guards who on 24 June caused the death of more than 20 people have benefited. Here, too, Frontex plays a…
Assault at the Morocco-Spain border: at least 23 migrants die trying to enter Melilla
The deaths occurred during a mass crossing attempt of the Spanish North African enclave by some 2,000 people. So far, 23 migrants are reported killed and dozens of migrants and police officers injured in a “stampede” of people trying to cross the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla. Again in Melilla, the mass force tried…