Cutro decree approved by the Italian parliament “marks latest attempt by the extreme right parties in Italy to remove protection statuses from national law”. Arrivals to Italy continue to increase with Tunisia’s crack-down on migrants as a push-factor. By early May...
The Italian authorities continue the policy of assigning distant ports to NGO rescue vessels for the disembarkation of survivors. Malta failed to rescue more than 7,000 people in distress in the country’s SAR zone in 2022 and reports of non-response tactics continue...
More than 100 people dead in multiple shipwrecks off Italy and north-Africa. Meanwhile, Malta continues non-response tactics and Italy continues to delay disembarkation of survivors and thereby limiting much needed NGO rescue capacity. The Administrative Law Division...
The number of arrivals across the Central Mediterranean has increased as has the death toll – the UN migration agency, International Organization for Migration (IOM), says delays and gaps in state-led SAR are costing human lives. Renewed critique of the Italian...
A recent investigation reveals that top Croatian officials reside over a WhatsApp group used to share pictures and information on EU-funded Koridor operations. More than 100 migrants were removed from Croatia to be placed in an EU-financed detention centre in Lipa...
