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Joint Statement: Tunisia is Not a Place of Safety for People Rescued at Sea

In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s crackdown on civil society, judicial independence, and the media; and the impossibility of fairly and individually determining nationalities or assessing the protection needs of migrants…

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Italy threatens NGOs with confiscation of monitoring aircraft

Sea-Watch, operating two monitoring aircraft over the Central Mediterranean, denounces the latest Italian migration law as a direct assault on civil efforts to monitor and document human rights violations committed by the EU, Italy, and its proxies. This law, which allows for the grounding and confiscation of NGO aircraft, is an apparent attempt to shut…

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Freedom for Homayoun

Homayoun Sabetara has been innocently jailed in Greece for more than three years. Like thousands of others, he is unlawfully accused of driving his own getaway car across the Greek border to apply for asylum. Ahead of his appeal trial on 24 September, 70 organizations, including LeaveNoOneBehind, borderline-europe and Sea-Watch, are calling for his release and…

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Ink Against Borders: Tattoos for civil sea rescue

On September 28 and 29, 2024, Sea-Watch and Ink Against Borders cordially invite you to the second INK AGAINST BORDERS Tattoo Convention. Following last year’s success, around 50 FLINTA* tattoo artists will be offering exclusive tattoos over two days in support of civil search and rescue. The event will feature a side program with testimonials…

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21 persons missing: Italian non-assistance likely leads to shipwreck

After a shipwreck on September 4, 10 nautical miles off the Italian coast, 21 persons remain missing. Due to matching evidence, Sea-Watch has strong reasons to believe that the boat in distress was already reported three days prior to Italian and Maltese Authorities by its Airborne operations. Despite the information, no intervention was launched in…

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