Migrants

“No country can claim to be free of racism. It is a worldwide preoccupation and the fight to end racism requires a universal effort”. The Durban Declaration and Programme of Action From Convergence of Cultures-Chile, which is a universalist humanist…

On Sunday, March 19, 2023, Seoul city witnessed a march organized by local human rights advocacy organizations to commemorate the 2023 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. The event was attended by various groups, including migrants and refugee…

This week nearly 400 human rights groups urged the Biden administration not to revive the controversial practice of migrant family detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Biden ended family detention when he took office two years ago but is now…

Late yesterday [March 6, 2023] evening, EMERGENCY’s Life Support ship received a report of a boat in distress in international waters off Libya. The ship’s captain immediately informed all relevant authorities and activated the rescue team. “We received a report…

Today’s preliminary hearing in the trial against the Iuventa crew and another 17 defendants for “aiding and abetting unauthorized immigration” was the sixth of its kind. Following the long and controversial discussion at the last hearing on the question of…

The warehousing of asylum-seekers behind barbed wire encapsulates where ‘protecting borders’ leads. As representatives of the European Union’s 27 member states came together on February 9th and 10th in Brussels, for a summit focused on war, the economy and migration, a number…

The Iuventa crew filed a criminal complaint to the Trapani Prosecutor’s Office on 13.02.2023, requesting an investigation into the abandonment and destruction of the rescue ship iuventa. As a vital part of the civil fleet, the Iuventa was in constant operation until…

I arrived in the year 2000 in the city of Madrid accompanying a group of Sahrawi children. We were hosted in Leganés by an association of friends of the Sahrawi people. I acted as interpreter and mediator with the host…

Today, the Parliament in Italy voted to turn the Italian government’s decree of 2 January into law, despite criticism that these new regulations breach international and European law. SOS Humanity’s Advocacy Officer Mirka Schäfer comments:  “Since early January 2023, non-governmental search and rescue has been…

Biden’s Misguided Praise for Abusive Policies Disregards Lives Lost By Ari Sawyer US President Joe Biden and members of the House of Representatives repeatedly scapegoated migrants during both this week’s presidential State of the Union address and during a hearing on the US-Mexico border held by…