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Two years have passed since the Pylos shipwreck--the deadliest in modern Greek history. More than 600 lost their lives. How could such a tragedy have happened? 13 Coast Guard officers: 'following orders from headquarters in Piraeus, and that they committed no crime'
wearesolomon.com/mag/tag/pylo...
wearesolomon.com/mag/tag/pylo...
Pylos Αρχεία
Journalism in the public interest.
wearesolomon.com
September 25, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Two years have passed since the Pylos shipwreck--the deadliest in modern Greek history. More than 600 lost their lives. How could such a tragedy have happened? 13 Coast Guard officers: 'following orders from headquarters in Piraeus, and that they committed no crime'
wearesolomon.com/mag/tag/pylo...
wearesolomon.com/mag/tag/pylo...
200+ organisations: Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be Rejected
The EU New Return Regulation is part of a broader shift in EU migration policy to characterise human movement as a threat. It will result in more people being pushed into legal limbo and dangerous conditions. picum.org/blog/blog-ca...
The EU New Return Regulation is part of a broader shift in EU migration policy to characterise human movement as a threat. It will result in more people being pushed into legal limbo and dangerous conditions. picum.org/blog/blog-ca...
Joint statements Archives - PICUM
picum.org
September 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
200+ organisations: Inhumane Deportation Rules Should be Rejected
The EU New Return Regulation is part of a broader shift in EU migration policy to characterise human movement as a threat. It will result in more people being pushed into legal limbo and dangerous conditions. picum.org/blog/blog-ca...
The EU New Return Regulation is part of a broader shift in EU migration policy to characterise human movement as a threat. It will result in more people being pushed into legal limbo and dangerous conditions. picum.org/blog/blog-ca...
Criminalisation of migration and solidarity in the EU 2024
PICUM report
“The criminalisation of solidarity with migrants is deeply tied with the criminalisation of migration itself. These are are in fact a continuum of restrictive migration policies.” picum.org/blog/at-leas...
PICUM report
“The criminalisation of solidarity with migrants is deeply tied with the criminalisation of migration itself. These are are in fact a continuum of restrictive migration policies.” picum.org/blog/at-leas...
At least 142 people criminalised for helping migrants in Europe in 2024 - PICUM
Between January and December 2024, at least 142 people faced judicial proceedings in the EU for helping migrants. The majority were charged with facilitation of entry, stay or transit or migrant smugg...
picum.org
September 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Criminalisation of migration and solidarity in the EU 2024
PICUM report
“The criminalisation of solidarity with migrants is deeply tied with the criminalisation of migration itself. These are are in fact a continuum of restrictive migration policies.” picum.org/blog/at-leas...
PICUM report
“The criminalisation of solidarity with migrants is deeply tied with the criminalisation of migration itself. These are are in fact a continuum of restrictive migration policies.” picum.org/blog/at-leas...
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The Council of Europe has warned against outsourcing asylum processing, migrant returns, and border control to third countries.
It warns that such measures may expose people to torture, arbitrary detention, collective expulsions and even death.
It warns that such measures may expose people to torture, arbitrary detention, collective expulsions and even death.
Council of Europe warns against outsourcing asylum
In a new report, the Council of Europe warned against outsourcing asylum processing, migrant returns, and border control to third countries. It urged governments to adopt strong safeguards, accountabi...
www.infomigrants.net
September 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The Council of Europe has warned against outsourcing asylum processing, migrant returns, and border control to third countries.
It warns that such measures may expose people to torture, arbitrary detention, collective expulsions and even death.
It warns that such measures may expose people to torture, arbitrary detention, collective expulsions and even death.
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UN Human Rights Committee ruled: Italy & Malta violated their duty to rescue. 7 dead & 41 survived only thanks to civil rescue. “That a UN body must remind 🇪🇺 states of the most basic rights of people in distress at sea is a disgrace,” says our spokesperson Paul Wagner.👇
UN Human Rights Committee rules against Malta's and Italy's non-assistance • Sea-Watch e.V.
Italy and Malta have a duty to coordinate rescues of people in distress at sea and their disembarkation in a place of safety. This was decided by the UN Human Rights Committee on Wednesday, 3 Septembe...
sea-watch.org
September 8, 2025 at 12:27 PM
UN Human Rights Committee ruled: Italy & Malta violated their duty to rescue. 7 dead & 41 survived only thanks to civil rescue. “That a UN body must remind 🇪🇺 states of the most basic rights of people in distress at sea is a disgrace,” says our spokesperson Paul Wagner.👇
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A group of five activists have been found not guilty of enabling the illegal presence in Poland of Middle Eastern migrants whom they provided aid to after they had irregularly crossed the border from Belarus.
Prosecutors had been seeking prison sentences.
Prosecutors had been seeking prison sentences.
Activists on trial in Poland for assisting illegal migrants found not guilty
notesfrompoland.com
September 8, 2025 at 12:01 PM
A group of five activists have been found not guilty of enabling the illegal presence in Poland of Middle Eastern migrants whom they provided aid to after they had irregularly crossed the border from Belarus.
Prosecutors had been seeking prison sentences.
Prosecutors had been seeking prison sentences.
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Saving lives is a duty.
Criminalizing solidarity is the real crime.
We stand with Mediterranea Saving Humans , @sosmediterranee.org, @compasscollective.bsky.social & all who defend the right to rescue.
Criminalizing solidarity is the real crime.
We stand with Mediterranea Saving Humans , @sosmediterranee.org, @compasscollective.bsky.social & all who defend the right to rescue.
September 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Saving lives is a duty.
Criminalizing solidarity is the real crime.
We stand with Mediterranea Saving Humans , @sosmediterranee.org, @compasscollective.bsky.social & all who defend the right to rescue.
Criminalizing solidarity is the real crime.
We stand with Mediterranea Saving Humans , @sosmediterranee.org, @compasscollective.bsky.social & all who defend the right to rescue.
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94 percent of migrants in Spain arrived through regular and legal means over the past decade.
That's according to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spain has emerged as an outlier in the European Union for its more liberal migration policies.
That's according to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spain has emerged as an outlier in the European Union for its more liberal migration policies.
Spanish Prime Minister: 94 percent of migrants entered legally in past decade
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez claimed that over the past decade, 94 percent of migrants in Spain arrived through regular and legal means. Spain has emerged as an outlier in the European Union f...
www.infomigrants.net
September 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
94 percent of migrants in Spain arrived through regular and legal means over the past decade.
That's according to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spain has emerged as an outlier in the European Union for its more liberal migration policies.
That's according to Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
Spain has emerged as an outlier in the European Union for its more liberal migration policies.
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Frontex pays out hundreds of millions of euros every year to EU and Schengen member states.
We have visualised the data to show the scale and scope of the funding: more than €2 billion between the beginning of 2008 and the end of 2024.
Read it here:
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We have visualised the data to show the scale and scope of the funding: more than €2 billion between the beginning of 2008 and the end of 2024.
Read it here:
buff.ly/Tto3m1L
September 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Frontex pays out hundreds of millions of euros every year to EU and Schengen member states.
We have visualised the data to show the scale and scope of the funding: more than €2 billion between the beginning of 2008 and the end of 2024.
Read it here:
buff.ly/Tto3m1L
We have visualised the data to show the scale and scope of the funding: more than €2 billion between the beginning of 2008 and the end of 2024.
Read it here:
buff.ly/Tto3m1L
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A coalition of migrant aid organizations has criticized the Italian government for allegedly transferring 132 migrants to Albania with no written provision stating the reasons for their transfer.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6611...
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6611...
Italian NGOs call for suspension of Italy-Albania agreement
NGOs that form part of Italy's national asylum and immigration coalition (TAI) have criticized the transfer of 132 migrants to Albania. These transfers were made without written provision, claims a ne...
www.infomigrants.net
July 31, 2025 at 1:26 PM
A coalition of migrant aid organizations has criticized the Italian government for allegedly transferring 132 migrants to Albania with no written provision stating the reasons for their transfer.
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6611...
www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6611...
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Thousands of migrants attempt to cross the Niger desert every year towards Libya and Algeria, but there are a lot of dangers along the way.
Some die of thirst or hunger after getting lost or being abandoned by smugglers or attacked by armed groups.
Some die of thirst or hunger after getting lost or being abandoned by smugglers or attacked by armed groups.
At least 35 migrants have died in Niger desert since January – NGO
According to the NGO Alarme Phone Sahara, at least 35 migrants are thought to have died in the Niger desert, on their way to Europe, since the beginning of the year.
www.infomigrants.net
August 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Thousands of migrants attempt to cross the Niger desert every year towards Libya and Algeria, but there are a lot of dangers along the way.
Some die of thirst or hunger after getting lost or being abandoned by smugglers or attacked by armed groups.
Some die of thirst or hunger after getting lost or being abandoned by smugglers or attacked by armed groups.
Rapper’s arrest sparks protests against west African Togo’s ruling dynasty: 10+ people killed and 100 young people arrested
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Declaration Afrique-Europe Interact:
Répression brutale contre le mouvement de protestation
afrique-europe-interact.net/2220-0-Press...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Declaration Afrique-Europe Interact:
Répression brutale contre le mouvement de protestation
afrique-europe-interact.net/2220-0-Press...
‘One too many’: rapper’s arrest sparks protests against Togo’s ruling dynasty
At least 10 people killed and 100 young people arrested since protests began in west African country in June
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Rapper’s arrest sparks protests against west African Togo’s ruling dynasty: 10+ people killed and 100 young people arrested
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Declaration Afrique-Europe Interact:
Répression brutale contre le mouvement de protestation
afrique-europe-interact.net/2220-0-Press...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Declaration Afrique-Europe Interact:
Répression brutale contre le mouvement de protestation
afrique-europe-interact.net/2220-0-Press...
EXPORTING BORDERS - Frontex and the Expansion of Fortress Europe in West Africa: Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
July 2025 (TNI, Statewatch)
Report including extensive fieldwork on the evolving role of Frontex as central part of EU’s strategy of border externalisation.
www.tni.org/files/2025-0...
July 2025 (TNI, Statewatch)
Report including extensive fieldwork on the evolving role of Frontex as central part of EU’s strategy of border externalisation.
www.tni.org/files/2025-0...
July 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
EXPORTING BORDERS - Frontex and the Expansion of Fortress Europe in West Africa: Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
July 2025 (TNI, Statewatch)
Report including extensive fieldwork on the evolving role of Frontex as central part of EU’s strategy of border externalisation.
www.tni.org/files/2025-0...
July 2025 (TNI, Statewatch)
Report including extensive fieldwork on the evolving role of Frontex as central part of EU’s strategy of border externalisation.
www.tni.org/files/2025-0...
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding refugees, into a widening criminal dragnet
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
Frontex unlawfully shared thousands of people's personal data with Europol
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected, and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding ...
wearesolomon.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Under the banner of fighting migrant smuggling, Frontex has collected and unlawfully siphoned to Europol, personal data for years—quietly drawing thousands of migrants, as well as EU citizens aiding refugees, into a widening criminal dragnet
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
wearesolomon.com/mag/format/i...
The central Mediterranean sea has become a highway for weapons and goods, and a graveyard for people. This is because of Fortress Europe: a racist, capitalist and neo-colonial project.
We are preparing a massive sea occupation mid-Sept. 2025, south of Lampedusa.
We are f.Lotta.
flotta.noblogs.org
We are preparing a massive sea occupation mid-Sept. 2025, south of Lampedusa.
We are f.Lotta.
flotta.noblogs.org
June 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The central Mediterranean sea has become a highway for weapons and goods, and a graveyard for people. This is because of Fortress Europe: a racist, capitalist and neo-colonial project.
We are preparing a massive sea occupation mid-Sept. 2025, south of Lampedusa.
We are f.Lotta.
flotta.noblogs.org
We are preparing a massive sea occupation mid-Sept. 2025, south of Lampedusa.
We are f.Lotta.
flotta.noblogs.org
The 'Albanian model' and the 'return hubs': different configurations of a common strategy (ActionAid Italia).
The similarities between the two models - delocalization of centres, absence of democratic control, legal marginalisation of migrants - are cause for alarm.
actionaid.org/sites/defaul...
The similarities between the two models - delocalization of centres, absence of democratic control, legal marginalisation of migrants - are cause for alarm.
actionaid.org/sites/defaul...
actionaid.org
June 27, 2025 at 10:29 AM
The 'Albanian model' and the 'return hubs': different configurations of a common strategy (ActionAid Italia).
The similarities between the two models - delocalization of centres, absence of democratic control, legal marginalisation of migrants - are cause for alarm.
actionaid.org/sites/defaul...
The similarities between the two models - delocalization of centres, absence of democratic control, legal marginalisation of migrants - are cause for alarm.
actionaid.org/sites/defaul...
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Over 175,000 lives saved in decade since civil society rescue ship began operating in the Mediterranean
Rescuers propose new EU state-led refugee rescue programme, called Mare Solidale
Story here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/o...
Rescuers propose new EU state-led refugee rescue programme, called Mare Solidale
Story here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/o...
Over 175,000 lives saved in decade since civil society rescue ship began operating in the Mediterranean
Rescuers propose new EU state-led refugee rescue programme called Mare Solidale ACTIVIST-RUN refugee rescue organisations have saved over 175,000 lives since they began operating in the central Med…
thecivilfleet.wordpress.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Over 175,000 lives saved in decade since civil society rescue ship began operating in the Mediterranean
Rescuers propose new EU state-led refugee rescue programme, called Mare Solidale
Story here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/o...
Rescuers propose new EU state-led refugee rescue programme, called Mare Solidale
Story here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/o...
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The EU wants to expand deportations, including of children.
The new DeportationRegulation fuels detention, criminalization, and digital surveillance.
As the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, we call on the EU to withdraw its proposal.
Read out statement: borderviolence.eu/reports/the-...
The new DeportationRegulation fuels detention, criminalization, and digital surveillance.
As the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, we call on the EU to withdraw its proposal.
Read out statement: borderviolence.eu/reports/the-...
June 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The EU wants to expand deportations, including of children.
The new DeportationRegulation fuels detention, criminalization, and digital surveillance.
As the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, we call on the EU to withdraw its proposal.
Read out statement: borderviolence.eu/reports/the-...
The new DeportationRegulation fuels detention, criminalization, and digital surveillance.
As the #ProtectNotSurveil coalition, we call on the EU to withdraw its proposal.
Read out statement: borderviolence.eu/reports/the-...
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In unusual good news - the Supreme Court of Denmark had ruled that punishment for 'illegal' entry is in contravention of the Refugee Convention 👇🏽🔥
@bordercrim.bsky.social
refugees.dk/en/news/2025...
@bordercrim.bsky.social
refugees.dk/en/news/2025...
The Supreme Court puts an end to many years of illegal practice for refugees
En ny dom får betydning for hundreder af flygtninge, som gennem årene har fået dom for at indrejse med falske dokumenter
refugees.dk
June 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
In unusual good news - the Supreme Court of Denmark had ruled that punishment for 'illegal' entry is in contravention of the Refugee Convention 👇🏽🔥
@bordercrim.bsky.social
refugees.dk/en/news/2025...
@bordercrim.bsky.social
refugees.dk/en/news/2025...
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I wonder if they'll start offering rewards when they run out of people ratting out their neighbors for free. Reporting a jew paid a week's wages here in Amsterdam back in the day.
x.com/DHSgov/statu...
x.com/DHSgov/statu...
June 14, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I wonder if they'll start offering rewards when they run out of people ratting out their neighbors for free. Reporting a jew paid a week's wages here in Amsterdam back in the day.
x.com/DHSgov/statu...
x.com/DHSgov/statu...
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The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has reported that the number of #migrants rescued in the Central Mediterranean has halved in just one year due to strict regulations imposed by Italian legislation on NGO-run rescue ships. #GeoBarents #MSF
Central Mediterranean: Number of rescued migrants halved by Piantedosi legislation – MSF
In a new report, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has condemned restrictions on rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean imposed by legislation promoted by the Italian governmen...
www.infomigrants.net
June 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has reported that the number of #migrants rescued in the Central Mediterranean has halved in just one year due to strict regulations imposed by Italian legislation on NGO-run rescue ships. #GeoBarents #MSF
UNITED just published the 2025 List of Refugee Deaths
documenting 66.519 migrant deaths since 1993: unitedagainstrefugeedeaths.eu
No More Deaths – Time for Change!
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documenting 66.519 migrant deaths since 1993: unitedagainstrefugeedeaths.eu
No More Deaths – Time for Change!
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Fatal policies of Fortress Europe
No More Refugee Deaths – Time for Change!
unitedagainstrefugeedeaths.eu
June 14, 2025 at 1:21 PM
UNITED just published the 2025 List of Refugee Deaths
documenting 66.519 migrant deaths since 1993: unitedagainstrefugeedeaths.eu
No More Deaths – Time for Change!
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documenting 66.519 migrant deaths since 1993: unitedagainstrefugeedeaths.eu
No More Deaths – Time for Change!
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Our thoughts are with the survivors, the dead, and the families of those lost in the shipwreck off #Pylos. Our anger is directed at the EU's deadly policy. In solidarity and alongside all people on the move, we keep fighting—for justice, for the truth! ✊
June 14, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Our thoughts are with the survivors, the dead, and the families of those lost in the shipwreck off #Pylos. Our anger is directed at the EU's deadly policy. In solidarity and alongside all people on the move, we keep fighting—for justice, for the truth! ✊
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Statistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not prevented the circulation of dubious estimates on ‘desert deaths’, warns Dr Maurice Stierl.
Sahara desert vs Mediterranean - where do more migrants actually die?
Statistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not prevented the circulation of dubious estimates on ‘desert deaths’, warns Dr Maurice Stierl.
euobserver.com
June 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Statistics on deaths at sea vary considerably and are themselves deeply contested, and geographical designations of 'the Sahara' or 'the Mediterranean' are anything but specific — but that has not prevented the circulation of dubious estimates on ‘desert deaths’, warns Dr Maurice Stierl.