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![Interview: Civil society extends to the sea, search and rescue NGO’s in the Mediterranean](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/seawatch-2-1080x675.jpg)
Interview: Civil society extends to the sea, search and rescue NGO’s in the Mediterranean
An interview with Sophie Beau, vice-President of SOS MEDITERRANEE. Could you briefly explain your mission and operations? SOS MEDITERRANEE is a European civil society association, founded in 2015. It was founded at the end of operation Mare Nostrum in Italy when the...![French Ombudsman urges government to revoke circular of administrative controls in emergency housing centers](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/France.jpg)
French Ombudsman urges government to revoke circular of administrative controls in emergency housing centers
Last Friday, French Defenseur des droits (similar to the function of Ombudsman) Jacques Toubon, made a recommendation to the French Prime Minister to revoke the Circular allowing the State to conduct administrative controls on all beneficiaries of emergency housing....![EU externalisation efforts set the scene for escalation of rights violations by Libyan and Turkish Coast Guard](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Coastguard-1080x513.jpg)
EU externalisation efforts set the scene for escalation of rights violations by Libyan and Turkish Coast Guard
Turkish and Libyan coast guards representing key-partners for the EU on the European Agenda on Migration, are accused by search and rescue conducting NGOs of attacking refugees in distress on the Mediterranean Sea and conducting illegal pushbacks in violation of...![Council conclusion confirms cooperation on migrant control with Libya but leaves out human rights concern](https://ecre.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/34766033966_d8d9e904c7_z-1.jpg)