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#CrimesOfMalta: A Maltese aircraft guides the so-called Libyan Coast Guard to a distress case. Later a pull-back to Libya is reported. Was the illegal return coordinated by Malta? It would not be the first time…     14 July 2020: Our Moonbird crew overhears an aircraft repeatedly contacting the patrol boat “Ras Jadar” of the…

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Salvare vite non è und optional

Il governo italiano interrompa il blocco delle navi che soccorrono Le 200 persone – donne, uomini e bambini – che hanno perso la vita annegando in mare secondo l’ultimo rapporto di Alarm Phone sono la terribile dimostrazione che nel Mediterraneo Centrale si continua a morire, nella totale indifferenza di governi e istituzioni. Nella stessa settimana,…

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#CrimesOfMalta: The Armed Forces Malta provisionally fix the engine of a boat in distress in order to induce the people to continue their passage to Lampedusa and shuffle off the obligation to provide assistance to Italy.     11 to 12 August 2020: On August 11, Moonbird spots a wooden boat drifting in the Maltese…

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Lettera aperta: patto europeo sulla migrazione: raccomandazioni in materia di ricerca e soccorso

Download Open Letter [EN] Cara Ursula Von Der Leyen, con grande delusione leggendo il “Patto sulle migrazioni” non abbiamo trovato l’annuncio di un’operazione europea di ricerca e salvataggio, nonostante il fatto che, come sottolineato nel suo discorso sullo Stato dell’Unione “salvare vite umane in mare non sia facoltativo”. Riteniamo che la sicurezza e l’equipaggiamento delle…

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#CrimesOfMalta: The Maltese Rescue Coordination Centre refuses its duty to coordinate rescues of people in distress at sea in its own search and rescue zone, deliberately accepting the risk of endangering human life.     13 to 14 February 2020: 34 people on board a wooden boat in distress call Watch the Med – Alarm…

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#CrimesOfMalta: The Maltese Rescue Coordination Centre refuses its duty to coordinate rescues of people in distress at sea in its own search and rescue zone, deliberately accepting the risk of endangering human life.     17 to 19 June 2020: A boat with 25 people on board with no life vests is drifting in the…

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Crimes of Malta

In the first half of 2020, Maltese authorities were implicated in multiple failures to respect and protect the rights of refugees and migrants at sea. Under their coordination, people were pushed back to Libya, a country at war where refugees and migrants are systematically abused. Delays in attending to distress calls exposed people to the…

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