On the 6th of February 2026, decentralized CommemorActions took place in over 60 cities across the Mediterranean sea. The gatherings collectively remembered the massacre which took place 12 years ago in Tarajal near Ceuta. Alongside relatives of the dead and missing at the borders, families and friends of victims of state and police violence within Europe joined this growing network of solidarity. The planned implementation of the racist CEAS pact and the brutalized externalization policies threaten to bring even more suffering and death in the near future. This is why we must unite transnationally in the struggle for justice, equal rights, and freedom of movement, placing the testimonies and demands of relatives at the heart of our collective action! Since the beginning of 2026: • 1,671 people arrived in Italy and Malta by sea, many of whom arrived autonomously (UNHCR figures up to February 8). • 244 people were rescued by the civil fleet from 8 boats in distress (CMRCC figure up to February 8). • 781 people were pushed back to Libya after they were intercepted by the EU-supported so-called Libyan Coast Guard (IOM figure up to February 7). • 56 people have been reported dead or missing on the Central Mediterranean Route (IOM figure up to February 7).
While Libyan militias escalate their crimes at sea, shooting at rescue ships and people on the move, the network Refugees in Libya have organised an impressive mobilisation against the EU complicity and its "deal of death." As Italian authorities continue to obstruct sea rescue efforts, several NGOs have launched the Justice Fleet campaign, a collective response of solidarity and resistance. At the same time, as EU governments push to expand systems of detention and deterrence through the new Migration and Asylum Pact, self organised and anti-racist networks have joined forces in a powerful chain of actions. Together, they marked the 10th anniversary of the Summer of Migration, declaring loud and clear, - to complete the headline above: "Freedom of movement is everybody's right!". Their voices rise across borders, defying fear, reclaiming dignity, and demanding justice for all on the move. In 2025: • 59,295 people arrived to Italy and Malta by sea, many of whom arrived autonomously (UNHCR figures up to 1 November) • 12,192 people were rescued by the Civil fleet from almost 230 boats in distress (CMRCC figure up to September 10) • 22,945 people were pushed back to Libya after they were intercepted by the EU-supported so-called Libyan Coast Guard (IOM figure up to 1 November) • 1.044 people have been reported dead or missing on the Central Mediterranean Route (IOM figure up to 1 November)eniam.
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.
Evacuation, not Externalisation
From June to now, we have seen a significant increase in arrivals compared to previous months.
Summertime 2024: the frequency of civil fleet rescue cooperations in the Central Mediterranean is increasing again to almost a daily level. A Tunisian Search and Rescue Region is established to extend the EU push-back regime. After the Tories were voted out of office, the UK-Rwanda agreement is finally dead. The Meloni government counts on the...
In an important decision published on the 13th of June 2024, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe assessed that Italy had failed to adequately implement the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights J.A. and others v. Italy (Appeal No. 21329/18) regarding the detention and conditions inside the Hotspot of Lampedusa and called on...
