News and Publications from the Med

Snapshots from Lampedusa
the return of the iron boats, the arrivals from Libya, the impasse after the end of PASSIM3 and the responsibilities of the authorities in transhipments at sea

[In October 2023 most of arrivals in Lampedusa were on wooden boats departed from Libya with most of people declaring Eritrean, Sudanese and Egyptian nationalities. Already in September, along with arrivals from Tunisia in iron boats (non-Tunisian people) and wooden boats (mainly Tunisian people), arrivals from Libya had increased despite pullback...

CommemorAction 2013/2023 - Lampedusa.

Echoes 8 by the Civil MRCC - Struggles for Freedom of Movement - September 2023

Mustafa al-Trabelsi died in the tragic flood in the city of Darnah.
Image source: Spazio Decolonoize.it.ly

"She can't say she's coming with 45million euros for Lampedusa that are actually for migrants," exclaims Martello, the former mayor of Lampedusa, inscribing Meloni and Van der Layen's catwalk as "yet another initiative that humiliates and demeans us."

Following the arrival of a record number of people on the move in Lampedusa, civil society expresses its deep concern at the security response of European states, the crisis of reception, and reaffirms its solidarity with people on the move arriving in Europe.

A few weeks ago, the owner of one of the bars in the old port, was talking about human trafficking and money laundering between institutions and NGOs in relation to what had happened during that day. It was the evening of Thursday 24 August and Lampedusa had been touched by yet another 'exceptional' event: 64 arrivals in one day. Tonight,...

After a few days of bad weather, with the return of calm seas, people on the move again started to leave and cross the Mediterranean from Tunisia and Libya.