News and Publications from the Med

Lampedusa, as the transit point of many people on the move, is an important place in the fight against borders. We want to share some insights on what we could see while living on the island, by creating links to the other side of the sea. How is the situation in Tunisia and Libya affecting the arrivals in Lampedusa? How...

On March 18, 2025, yet another shipwreck occurred just 15 nautical miles off the coast of Lampedusa. 10 people were rescued, 7 bodies were recovered, and 39 people are still missing. They departed from Sfax, Tunisia on the Night of March 16.[1]

CommemorActions took place on February 6 across dozens of cities in Europe and North and West Africa. Relatives of the disappeared participated in many meetings and demonstrations to commemorate their missing loved ones and to condemn the deadly EU border regime. For more than thirty years, the direct or indirect violence of border regimes has...

Our report, the result of a joint monitoring by ASGI and Maldusa, exposes the contours of a system that confines more than it welcomes, selects more than it protects. A system the Italian government has also sought to export to Albania, further worsening existing criticalities. The hotspot of Porto Empedocle, through its dynamics of detention and...

In 2025, several civil sea rescue organizations will look back to the last 10 years of their fight for safe passage. 2025 is also 10 years since the historic summer of migration. The memories of these months of hard-won freedom of movement from Athens to Stockholm and with demonstrations of welcome all over Europe appear today as something from...

[EN] Mini-guide for those arriving in Italy on the shores of Sicily or Lampedusa: basic information, legal support, what to expect in the first moments after landing.

Chiara Denaro and Judith Gleitze

Evacuation, not Externalisation

From June to now, we have seen a significant increase in arrivals compared to previous months.