Migrants
López Obrador condemns US-Mexico wall as US government announces new deportations to Venezuela
Senior U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland, met Thursday in Mexico City with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who sharply criticized the decision to authorize the…
Open Arms: Head of Mission and Captain questioned, new administrative arrest and fine
On Saturday [September 30,2023], the Open Arms carried out three separate rescue operations in international waters, rescuing a total of 176 people. The first two boats had 33 and 36 people on board, and were traveling in dangerous conditions and…
Modern slavery is well-hidden here
Interview with Eve McMullen about Advocacy Against Modern Slavery You work at one of the big organisations in the UK that provide support for victims of modern slavery. What exactly does your role encompass? People come to us when they…
Marina di Carrara, Open Arms: this is the captain speaking to you!
I’m in Marina di Carrara these summer days and I take the opportunity to try and meet the crew of the Open Arms, which is stopped in port by the decision of our government. Overcoming some difficulties and after an…
Open Arms, a nurse tells
Finally, I managed to get on the Open Arms, after the misadventures of the day before. I first meet the captain and then have a long chat with the nurse who is in her med-box taking inventory. We sit down…
Marina di Carrara, Open Arms blocked while people are dying at sea.
Why don’t we dare to say it? Better one migrant dead at sea than one more who disembarks. Period. But not having the courage to say this simple truth, they make some word games, even propeller games. Four or five…
Migration becomes more feminised in Cuba and brings with it new challenges
Emigrating was an agonising decision for Cuban Ana Iraida. She left behind family and friends; in her backpack she carried many aspirations, but also the fear of being harassed on the journey to the United States. “My salary and that…
A tale of how Europe’s borders kill in silence and indifference
Bulgaria, per tutti i morti di frontiera. At about 12 o’clock, the number of the collective receives the signalation of the body of a 30-year-old Syrian boy, H., who died during a game attempt near route 79. We have the…
Abdelfetah Mohamed, President of SOS MEDITERRANEE Italy: “The phenomenon of migration cannot be stopped, but must be faced together, without ideologies and exploitation”
In the last few days your ship Ocean Viking has carried out 15 rescue operations in the Mediterranean with the coordination of the Italian authorities, bringing on board a total of 623 migrants recovered from small boats in difficulty. Yet…
UK Firefighters’ Union demands meeting with Braverman over Bibby Stockolm fire safety
The Fire Brigades Union has today written to Home Secretary Suella Braverman to raise concerns over fire safety in asylum seeker accommodation, including the Bibby Stockholm. The barge is currently moored in Portland, Dorset and is earmarked for asylum seeker…
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