Libya

The managing director of SOS Humanity, Till Rummenhohl, comments on the discontinuation of financial support for civil search and rescue by the German Federal Foreign Office and the media reuse of a false claim made by today’s Foreign Minister Johann…

On 10 April 2025, more than 200 people gathered at Place du Luxembourg in Brussels to protest against the consequences of the “EU Pact on Migration and Asylum”, approved precisely one year ago by the European Parliament. This demonstration, launched…

In much of Western Europe, the documentation of colonial history, including territorial and socio-economic ambitions, the consequences of imperialism, and the crimes committed by nation-states that emerged directly or indirectly from colonial empires and continue to grapple with these pasts…

Today, the court has delivered its landmark decision, clearing all defendants following a seven-year odyssey. This case stands as the longest, most expensive, and most extensive proceedings against SAR NGOs, including two years of preliminary hearing with over 40 hearings.…

The $1.5 trillion in military outlays each year is the scam that keeps on giving—to the military-industrial complex and the Washington insiders—even as it impoverishes and endangers America and the world. By Jeffrey D. Sachs On the surface, US foreign…

The world looks the other way. There are hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants stranded on the Libya-Tunisia border. They were pushed to the border area by the Tunisian police, but are not allowed to enter Libya. 140 of them are camped…

From Cutro to Riace, from Mexico to Greece, from makeshift camps to detention centers: the current history of migration is riddled with contradictions, inefficiencies and hypocrisy. According to Anna Polo, activist and journalist, the first step is to recover a…

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…

After more than two weeks of waiting and 21 requests to the relevant authorities 179 people rescued from distress at sea on board the civil rescue ship Humanity 1 are still waiting for a place of safety. Due to a…

António Guterres, the UN secretary-general, has asked for peace and calm, especially during the public protests that are generally increasing across Libya over power cuts and failure to hold elections. The poor economic conditions and the rise of oil and…