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October 4, 2024 Statement

Joint Statement: Tunisia is Not a Place of Safety for People Rescued at Sea

The Tunisian Maritime National Guard (coast guard) approaches a boat at sea carrying people from different African countries seeking to get to Italy, near the coast of Sfax, Tunisia, Tuesday, April 18, 2023. © 2023 AP Photo
September 26, 2024 Dispatches

MSF Boat Detained in Italy Again After Saving Hundreds

Witness to Life-Saving Work and Those Trying to Block It

A Libyan coast guards patrol boat approaches a Médécins Sans Frontières (MSF) team performing a rescue in the central Mediterranean Sea, September 19, 2024.
September 9, 2024 Dispatches

Italy Detains MSF Sea Rescue Ship

Court to Rule on NGO Appeal

The Geo Barents ship, operated by Médecins Sans Frontières, is on a rescue mission in the Central Mediterranean Sea, August 2, 2024.
June 6, 2024 Dispatches

Italy Migration Deal with Albania is a Costly, Cruel Farce

Scheme is a Model of Mismanagement and a Blueprint for Abuse

A migrant reception center at the port of Shenjin, northwestern Albania, June 5, 2024.
May 22, 2024 Dispatches

Italy Threatens to Ground Rescue Planes in the Mediterranean

Authorities Should Enable, Not Obstruct, Rescues at Sea

Volunteers aboard the Seabird, a plane operated by the rescue NGO Sea-Watch, look for boats in distress as they fly over the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and the Italian island of Lampedusa, October 5, 2021.
February 1, 2024 Dispatches

Italy’s Dodgy Detention Deal with Albania

Risks for Asylum Seekers and Rescue Operations Should Prompt EU Action

Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama (L) and Italy's Premier Giorgia Meloni shake hands after the signing of a memorandum of understanding on migrant detention centers during a meeting in Rome, Italy, November 6, 2023.
January 17, 2024 Dispatches

Saudi Government Uses European Football to Sportswash its Reputation

Italian, Spanish Super Cups Played in Riyadh to Divert Attention From Abuses

Inter Milan's players lift the trophy to celebrate winning the Italian SuperCup football match at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on January 18, 2023.
September 19, 2023 Dispatches

Europe’s Lack of New Ideas on Migration is the Real Crisis

European Commission Response to Lampedusa Arrivals Rehashes Ineffective, Abusive Polices

People sit on the ground of the overcrowded migrant reception center on Lampedusa, an Italian island in the Mediterranean Sea, on September 16, 2023.
July 24, 2023 Dispatches

Italy’s Mounting Attack on Lesbian Parents

Mothers Removed from Their Children’s Birth Certificates

Protest by the Rainbow Families at the Court of Padua, Padua, Italy, June 23, 2023.
July 21, 2023 Letter

NGOs' Letter to the Italian Prime Minister: End Support for Authoritarian MENA Governments and Uphold Human Rights

People sit under a banner with a picture of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi that reads, "Long live Egypt"
July 20, 2023 Dispatches

Rome’s Anti-Migration Summit Exposes Europe’s Growing Disregard for Rights

European Leaders Seek Closer Cooperation with Authoritarian Regimes

Netherlands' Prime Minister Mark Rutte, left, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Tunisian President Kais Saied, centre, right and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, right, at the presidential palace in Carthage, Tunisia, July 16, 2023.
May 12, 2023 Dispatches

Disastrous Clamp Down on Migrants Rights in Italy

‘Emergency’ law reflects an ineffective, inhumane response

People disembark from a rescue ship in the Italian port of Catania.
April 4, 2023 Dispatches

Better Solutions Needed for Migrant Workers’ Makeshift Settlements in Italy

EU Funding Should Not Be Used to Build More Container Camps

“Informal settlement “La Pista” in Borgo Mezzanone, Italy.
April 4, 2023 Letter

Letter to European Commissioners Re. Use of EU Funds by Italy to Build Migrant Worker Camps in Breach of Fundamental Rights

“Informal settlement “La Pista” in Borgo Mezzanone, Italy.
March 15, 2023 Dispatches

More Migrant Deaths in the Mediterranean

Italy and EU Ignore Lessons from Crotone Shipwreck Tragedy

A piece of the boat and a piece of baby clothing from the deadly migrant shipwreck in Steccato di Cutro near Crotone, Italy

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