Tag: Italy
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Sea-Watch recovers drowned people in the Mediterranean and criticises EU for increasing cooperation with Libyan units
While EU governments present falling migration figures as a political success, people continue to die in the Mediterranean. New figures from Frontex reveal a sharp increase in information-sharing with Libya, which hinders NGOs in rescuing people seeking protection. The crew…
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Turkey rivals Frontex and EU’s Irini mission with drones in Tripoli – the competition also concerns contacts with both Libyan camps
Ankara is expanding its military and security role in Libya as the EU seeks to extend its own migration-control infrastructure to the country’s east. New drone operations in the Mediterranean highlight the growing rivalry. Frontex, the EU border agency, currently…
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Following the “Iuventa” script: Right-wing campaign in Italy, France and Germany against “Sea-Watch 5”
Right-wing conservative media were leaked a Frontex video showing a Sea-Watch crew rescuing 90 migrants, as five masked men on board the small boat sped off back to Libya. The images are now being used to stir up sentiment against…
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Suppressed summit protests 2001: Heavy repression against activists in Gothenburg and Genoa, but no police officer served a sentence
With protests across Europe, international left-wing radicals wanted to build on Seattle and Prague in 2001. In Genoa this escalated into unprecedented police violence Buoyed by the momentum of the large and militant protests against the WTO summit in Seattle…