“The network WatchTheMed Alarm Phone responds to violent ‘border protection’ practices and the unabated mass dying in maritime spaces around Europe, and offers travellers alternative ways to make their distress heard, in real-time.”
openDemocracy: Every refugee boat a rebellion? Supporting border transgressions at sea
Recent Posts Watch the Med – ReportsRescued! When 65 people alerted Alarm Phone to their distress in the central #Mediterranean, we alerted authorities and civil rescuers. As so often, it was the #civilfleet that reacted. Thank you @soshumanity_en!
🔴Breaking: This afternoon, the crew of our search and rescue ship Humanity 1, rescued 65 people in distress at sea. The survivors, including more than 10 minors & 4 women, had set out from Libya three days ago & had since been left exposed to the open sea & scorching heat. 1/3
From 4-8 August, up to 100 participants of the World Social Forum, incl. Alarm Phone, met in the migration village in #Cotonou. Composed mainly of activists from all over Africa, its transnational assembly published a manifesto for freedom of movement.
https://trans-border.net/index.php/manifesto-for-freedom-of-movement-manifeste-pour-la-liberte-de-circulation/
