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Joint Statement by Civil Search And Rescue Organizations and migrants solidarity networks

Palermo/Lampedusa, 3 April 2023

We are organizations that for years have been involved in search and rescue at sea, in struggles for the rights of people on the move and the creation of support infrastructures and solidarity with migrants.

Abandoning people at sea as daily practice and policy in Malta. Repression of the Italian government against the civil fleet, while a shipwreck at the coast of Calabria was not prevented and another one was intentionally provoked in international sea. An escalation of racism and violence against black people promoted by the Tunisian president. In...

Since the night between 14 and 15 February, almost a week ago, the arrivals on Lampedusa have started again. After a week's stop, the Favaloro pier is once again bustling with people rescued by the Coast Guard and the Guardia di Finanza near the island.

Niamey (Niger) on 27 and 28 February 2023

STRUGGLES ALONG THE TUNISIAN ROUTE

At the end of September 2022, the arrival in power in Italy of a post-fascist party
has reinforced a discourse of hatred, promoting racism and closed borders. As more
pronounced attacks against civil sea rescue NGOs already begin to take place, it is
clear that civil society will feature as one of the targets of the new government....