Tag: Libyan Coast Guard ⁄ Open Migration

From a code of conduct to the administrative halting of humanitarian vessels: the new strategy to stop rescues in the Mediterranean

August 12, 2021 - Gennaro Santoro

The current government, in keeping with the previous Minniti and Salvini governments, is preventing humanitarian vessels from carrying out rescues by systematically subjecting the vessels to administrative compliance stops. In the vast majority of cases, Italian authorities are accusing captains of having rescued more people than are allowed to be accommodated on the ships according to relevant safety certificates.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 19/2019

May 14, 2019 - Open Migration

Italy’s interior minister has announced a new crackdown on solidarity, with fines up to 5,500 euros for every “foreigner” rescued and taken to Italy. Seventy people died in a shipwreck off the coasts of Tunisia.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 18/2019

May 8, 2019 - Open Migration

A new UNHCR report certifies a spike in mortality rates among those leaving Libya to reach our shores. Meanwhile, the winds of war are still blowing over the country.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 12/2019

March 26, 2019 - Open Migration

In the week that saw a new clash on asylum and new investigations into sea rescue NGO, a long-neglected issue came back into the spotlight: citizenship.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 10/2019

March 12, 2019 - Open Migration

After the video aired on British TV, Italian media are now receiving evidence of the horrors in Libya. Systematic violations of human rights, violence, torture and long detention as punishment for attempting to reach Europe are now documented in pictures and footage.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 09/2019

March 5, 2019 - Open Migration

Over 200,000 people marched in the streets in the People First rally, signed by more than 1,200 groups protesting racism and the discriminatory policies by the Italian government.

The 10 best articles on refugees and migration 05/2019

February 6, 2019 - Open Migration

After disembarking the rescued migrants, the ship Sea-Watch 3 is still blocked in the port of Catania for “technical verifications”. The ship Diciotti has the Italian government divided over the role played by interior minister Salvini in delaying its docking. A new report on Libya sheds more light on the ambiguities of its Coast Guard and criticises the agreement with Italy.