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.
In the first three months of 2024, just over 6600 people arrived on the shores of the island of Lampedusa, both autonomously or at the Favaloro Pier, escorted by the Italian Guardia di Finanza or Coast Guard.
Detaining Civil Fleet Ships means: let more people die at sea ….
February 6th, 2014 - February 6th, 2024: Ten years have passed since the Tarajal massacre.
2023, a year marked by a large increase in sea arrivals in comparison to the year before, and not only on the Central Mediterranean route. 2023, a year of intensified attempts by the EU to expand border control in collaboration with its autocratic partners in North Africa. 2023, another year of even tougher racist agitation and deprivation of...
The creation of no-assistance zones as a result of institutional policies and interventions in the central Mediterranean; the criminalisation and repression of people on the move in Sicily, Libya and Tunisia; the shipwreck of 14 December.
We dedicate this slogan to the daily struggles of people, who in North-Africa are called Harraga - "border-burners" - while crossing the border without visa and burning their ID-documents afterwards not to be deported.
On 11th of October 2023 an impressive commemorAction took place near the port of Lampedusa to remember the victims of the big shipwrecks ten years ago and at the same time to point out the responsibility of the European border regime in the ongoing death at sea that continues to this day. According to IOM figures, in 2023 another...
While the numbers of people on the move from Tunisia arriving in Italy drastically decreased since End of September 2023, an increasing traffic can be observed from western Libya, including the phenomenon of crowded big fishing vessels
Interview on movements of Tunisians
