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There are numerous rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean, however not enough to deal with the number of people in danger along one of the most dangerous migratory routes in the world.After the termination of the Mare Nostrum program in 2014, the Civil Fleet, the civilian fleet of monitoring and rescue ships active in the Mediterranean, has become practically the only resource for those risking their lives during the dangerous illegal crossing. The stretch of sea that extends from Libya or Tunisia to Italy represents a lethal physical barrier, especially for makeshift wooden or rubber boats, often recycled several times by traffickers.Until 2014, the Mare Nostrum operation, started in 2013 in response to the increase in shipwrecks in the Sicilian channel, it had a double mission:guarantee rescue at sea and criminally prosecute those who profit from the illegal trafficking of migrants.Shortly after the end of Mare Nostrum, replaced by Triton in 2014 - a European rather than jus...

The top United Nations official told Repubblica:«We must invest massively and globally to address the drivers of forced migration»

Last May, images of Kenmure Street in Glasgow went around the world.A peaceful protest he blocked the Home Office van (the British Ministry of the Interior), which arrived to pick up two immigrants.People continued to flock throughout the day, until the two were released. Nothing is more beautiful than solidarity. In response to a Home Office immigration raid during Eid, the people of Glasgow mobilised, fought back and got their neighbors released 💕pic.twitter.com/OnQscqN6Dr — Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) May 13, 2021 Similar mobilizations do not arise suddenly, due to a surge of solidarity and word of mouth through social media.Instead, they arise from front-line community activism to support asylum seekers and migrants, and against the practice of surprise raids – the dawn raids. Already since the end of April, the Scottish Refugee Council in Glasgow raised the alarm about the possibility that the raids were being used as an eviction tactic, thus affecting t...