Mare clostrum, The Sea Watch vs Libyan Coast Guard Case

Mare Clausum: The Sea Watch vs Libyan Coast Guard Case from Forensic Architecture.

On 6 November 2017, the rescue NGO Sea Watch (SW) and a patrol vessel of the Libyan Coast Guard (LYCG) simultaneously directed themselves towards a migrants’ boat in distress in international waters. The boat, which had departed from Tripoli a few hours earlier, carried between 130 and 150 passengers. A confrontational rescue operation ensued, and while SW was eventually able to rescue and bring to safety in Italy 59 passengers, at least 20 people died before or during these events, while 47 passengers were ultimately pulled back to Libya, where several faced grave human rights violations – including being detained, beaten, and sold to an other captor who tortured them to extract ransom from their families. The unfolding of this incident has been reconstructed in a video by Forensic Oceanography in collaboration with Forensic Architecture. Read more on Forensic Architecture website

Avril 2018

Situation en Libye – Actualités News

17 Jun 2019, 8:13 pm

alarm_phone At 22.05h CEST the Alarm Phone was contacted by a boat in distress off Libya. The 90 people have seen multiple aircrafts and a military helicopter nearby. Based on their description of the boat we believe it is the same boat spotted by #Moonbird earlier.

17 Jun 2019, 8:08 pm

alarm_phone BOAT IN DISTRESS: In the morning we were alerted by a wooden boat with 50ppl in immediate distress in front of #Libya. Water is entering the boat, 2 ppl are unconscious. 11:12CEST Authorities are informed, until now no rescue is underway. Don't let them drown!

17 Jun 2019, 8:00 pm

IOM_Libya 🔴 Breaking: 200 migrants now returned to #Libyan shore while armed clashes intensify in the capital #Tripoli. IOM reiterates that there are no safe ports in Libya and migrants should not be returned to detention. https://t.co/EKqSazL6EV

23 May 2019, 11:52 am

InfoMigrants Français
@InfoMigrants_fr

Migrants Infos retweeted:

"Quand quelqu’un met sa vie en danger en prenant la mer, puis prend encore des risques [en nageant en pleine mer] pour ne pas être renvoyé en Libye, vous savez que quelque chose ne va pas avec la politique de l’UE en Libye et en Méditerranée centrale."
https://t.co/MJlXeJ6yk7

23 May 2019, 11:37 am

Kenneth Roth
@KenRoth

Migrants Infos retweeted:

French Pres Macron admits that crimes against humanity are being committed in Libya's migrant detention centers, so why does he plan to send boats to the Libyan Coast Guard to help it force migrants back to these nightmarish conditions? That's complicity. trib.al/MXNIiUK https://t.co/1Dc9GQeFPH

19 May 2019, 12:48 am

legisti L’État français livre des bateaux à la Libye : des ONG saisissent la justice ! [Action collective] → https://t.co/z4OdZy9kt5

19 May 2019, 12:43 am

CecileCoudriou .@CCastaner ose parler de complicité entre ONG et passeurs mais la seule collusion, dénoncée par @amnestyfrance, est entre les passeurs et les garde-côtes lybiens. N'oublions pas que c'est l'UE qui finance ces opérations qui consistent à renvoyer les migrants vers l'enfer lybien!

19 May 2019, 12:43 am

MSF_Sea 37 dead or wounded in and around #Tripoli due to escalating clashes. #MSF is highly concerned for #Libyan citizens, and #refugees & #migrants trapped in detention centres in conflict areas. People in detention should be immediately transferred or allowed to seek safety elsewhere.

19 May 2019, 12:37 am

antonioguterres No one can argue that Libya is a safe port of disembarkation at this point.

13 May 2019, 4:26 pm

Observateurs Carnet de reportage : le difficile retour des #migrants nigérians passés par la #Libye https://t.co/47S42NcAFZ https://t.co/MdqBEahJuq

13 May 2019, 4:25 pm

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JFCrisp And about time too! "The UN is calling for an end to restrictions that prohibit nonprofit groups from rescuing the migrants at sea. It also urges the European Union to end its support of the Libyan Coast Guard." https://t.co/1WHtBwmlt6

13 May 2019, 4:16 pm

sallyhayd A pregnant woman, along with a child, has been reported dead in a shipwreck on Tuesday morning off Libya's coast, a member of the Red Crescent in Sabratha told local media. https://t.co/kqJGfkPgeR A Libyan official said at least 10 people had died. https://t.co/YlwVmkKbjN

13 May 2019, 4:15 pm

cochetel Italy's Salvini lays down law for migrant rescue ships. But maritime law is clear. Libya is not a place of safety (Maritime Safety Committee, 167 (78). Italy and other Med countries are places of safety. https://t.co/kmbQCmq4hF

13 May 2019, 4:15 pm

MathildeR0BERT En #Libye, dans le centre de Zintan, des migrants sont morts de faim. https://t.co/F8pdtr0x49

8 Mar 2019, 1:58 pm

AbdikerM The nightmare for migrants in Libya keeps recurring everyday with no solution. A human tragedy everyday. @sallyhayd https://t.co/2fqoK5TWvQ

8 Mar 2019, 1:58 pm

OuestFrance Migrants. La France va livrer six embarcations à la marine libyenne https://t.co/CkSDYgi5Z3

8 Mar 2019, 1:42 pm

Migrants Infos
@Migrants_Info

@Le_Kornu @Defense_gouv @EPhilippePM @CCastaner voilà comment agissent les gardes côtes libyens à qui la France promet des bateaux migrants-info.eu/mare-clostrum/

vimeo.com/268040540

8 Mar 2019, 1:41 pm

Migrants Infos
@Migrants_Info

@Le_Kornu plus de mot pour dire le niveau d'indignité de ce gvt qui fiche des mineurs ... "pour la protection de l'enfance" et fourni des bateaux qui empêcheront les gens de fuir des tortionnaires ... au nom de la "lutte contre le terrorisme"
cc @Defense_gouv @EPhilippePM @CCastaner

The story of Peter, the asylum seeker who never gave up - Open Migration libya - Google News

2 Mar 2019, 11:29 pm

The story of Peter, the asylum seeker who never gave up Open Migration

Tiziana Cauli tells us the story of Peter, who fled sectarian violence in Nigeria and is now a engineering student at the University of Cagliari.

4 Feb 2019, 11:16 am

Courrier inter
@courrierinter

Migrants Infos retweeted:

Vidéo ▶ Comment l'#Europe et la #Libye laissent mourir les #migrants en mer. Une enquête extrêmement documentée du @nytimes, traduite et sous-titrée par Courrier international. https://t.co/4Vh4DP3tlR

4 Feb 2019, 11:15 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

Migrants Infos retweeted:

After 117 drowned on Friday, another highly disturbing incident is unfolding in the #Mediterranean now with 100 lives at risk. @alarm_phone reports total lack of response by rescue coordination centres in #Italy, #Malta, & #Libya. JRCC #Tripoli not answering call for urgent help. https://t.co/ALcfSKgRzy

20 Jan 2019, 4:13 pm

MathildeR0BERT « Comment ne pas éprouver la fierté d’être Français ? » #GrandDébatNational https://t.co/VH05T6PBFC

20 Jan 2019, 4:08 pm

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umasalam This thread explains the horror dynamics for refugees and migrants in Libya https://t.co/2iKqs2tx1i

25 Dec 2018, 5:58 pm

vincent cochetel
@cochetel

Mathilde Robert retweeted:

This information was verified & is accurate. This is a shameful & degrading use of refugees & migrants by Libyan Coast Guards to celebrate international migration day! Totally unacceptable & no one will be held accountable...The «forced actors » are back to dark jails https://t.co/j7ofrrMJ0r

25 Dec 2018, 5:55 pm

Elisa Perrigueur
@ElisaPerrigueur

Terrifiant... twitter.com/Balzawawi_ly/s…

Quoted tweet from @Balzawawi_ly:

#Libya Post office commemorate #migrants in its new postage stamps. #MigrantsDay2018 On #InternationalMigrantsDay #migrantvoices https://t.co/KTx2w4oDm9

24 Dec 2018, 12:05 am

marylinebaumard Libye : quinze migrants morts de faim retrouvés dans un canot à la dérive https://t.co/7IytPUIcef via @InfoMigrants_fr

1 Dec 2018, 1:34 am

sunderland_jude The forcible disembarkation in Misrata yesterday and detention of migrants & asylum seekers rescued by a cargo ship is further proof that #Libya is not a safe place https://t.co/BilYOR27Qm https://t.co/L4fhUhTvne

19 Nov 2018, 3:03 am

Edwy Plenel
@edwyplenel

Margot Bernard retweeted:

Récupérés en mer par un navire marchand, quelque 80 migrants refusent depuis cinq jours de remettre un pied en Libye. «Nous sommes prêts à mourir», confie l’un d'eux. Une résistance désespérée qui devrait interpeller l’Europe. @mathildemathieu @Mediapart https://t.co/f8NP1opDRz

3 Nov 2018, 9:41 pm

edwyplenel Cet été en Méditerranée, la Libye a créé sa propre «zone de recherche et de secours» où ses garde-côtes sont devenus responsables de la coordination des sauvetages au grand dam des ONG. Enquête sur une décision soutenue par l’UE @mathildemathieu @Mediapart https://t.co/2rerVikCIJ

4 Oct 2018, 1:41 am

MISSION LIFELINE
@SEENOTRETTUNG

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Refugees detained in Libya are drinking toilet water to survive thenational.ae/world/mena/ref… via @TheNationalUAE

30 Sep 2018, 12:22 pm

Sally Hayden
@sallyhayd

Migrants of the Mediterranean retweeted:

Now I'm asking I'm discovering drinking toilet water isn't happening in just one detention centre. twitter.com/sallyhayd/stat… Here's a message from another detained refugee:

30 Sep 2018, 12:18 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

Among those the #Aquarius rescued over the past week are 7 families and 18 #children. #Parents have told us that they feared for their children’s lives as shelling, gunfire, and daily violence engulfed them in #Tripoli. #Libya is not a place of safety.

30 Sep 2018, 11:51 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

None of those rescued will stay in Malta, instead they will be separated between France, Spain, Portugal and Germany.

Many of the Libyans were worried they would stay in Malta, so there is a feeling of relief but also real fear abt the future and where they will end up

30 Sep 2018, 11:50 am

Sally Hayden
@sallyhayd

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Vincent @cochetel, the UN Refugee Agency's special envoy for the Central Mediterranean route, told ANSA in an interview that the situation in Libya has become 'extremely critical,' and that the agency no longer has access to official detention centers. https://t.co/P0RWBwfJxz

30 Sep 2018, 11:39 am

AJ+
@ajplus

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Italy cracked down on Mediterranean rescue boats and wants the Libyan coast guard to take the lead. That means more migrants are sent to Libya, where the UN says armed groups can subject them to:
▪️ arbitrary detention
▪️ forced labor
▪️ torture and sexual abuse

30 Sep 2018, 11:36 am

Paolo Biondi
@PaoloBiondi82

SARwatchMED retweeted:

UNHCR doesn't consider that Libya meets the criteria for being designated as a place of safety for the purpose of disembarkation, following rescue at sea. This obligation also applies to former habitual residents of Libya intercepted/rescued at sea https://t.co/mLjSCBsQaV

29 Sep 2018, 8:01 pm

MSF_Sea "My #children were crying every night hearing the gun fire and shells falling… My husband and I decided we could not raise our children in a place like this," said a mother on board after fleeing from #Tripoli, #Libya. https://t.co/2axh5XjEb4

📽️

29 Sep 2018, 7:57 pm

lemondefr Sur l'#Aquarius : « En Libye, nous sommes des morts qui respirent. Il fallait qu’on parte, il n’y avait pas d’autre solution » | @JuliaPascualita https://t.co/VAQ2wuTwjv

29 Sep 2018, 7:52 pm

Migrants Infos
@Migrants_Info

signer la pétition pour que l'#aquarius puisse retourner sur la zone de secours en méditerranée centrale ▶️ you.wemove.eu/campaigns/sauv…

ℹ️ situation en Méditerranée migrants-info.eu/mediterranee-n…

ℹ️ situation en Libye migrants-info.eu/libya-situatio…

Quoted tweet from @brutofficiel:

Depuis 2 ans, le bateau l'Aquarius a sauvé 30 000 personnes en détresse en Méditerranée.
Aujourd'hui, il a besoin d'aide et en appelle aux citoyens français. https://t.co/lWZuHgVVRM

25 Sep 2018, 5:12 pm

rose_catb The coordinating centre in Tripoli did not respond to multiple requests, yet the Italian authorities continued to refer Aquarius’s inquiries to them. Eventually, contact was made with a merchant vessel, the OOC Tiger, who was near the boat in distress.

24 Sep 2018, 11:14 pm

InfoMigrants
@InfoMigrants

SARwatchMED retweeted:

The UNHCR isn't allowed inside Libyan detention centers any more. Conditions there are described as "truly tragic." Special envoy Vincent Cochetel speaks to ANSA.
https://t.co/MG3fySAEoc

24 Sep 2018, 12:03 pm

Sally Hayden
@sallyhayd

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Four weeks today since I got the first message from refugees locked up indefinitely in Libyan detention, in the middle of the the worst fighting Tripoli's seen in years. 2.2 million views on this thread later but their situation is much the same. https://t.co/JanjtZzxxG #libya

24 Sep 2018, 12:03 pm

Sally Hayden
@sallyhayd

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Re children being locked up: in Abu Salim detention centre alone, detainees say there are around 20 children under five, one newborn baby & many more teenagers under 18. https://t.co/RCNai46fl7 #unga #unga73 #libya

24 Sep 2018, 12:01 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

Today, #MSF teams in #Libya assisted 102 people after they were disembarked in #Khoms. These men, women, children and #asylum seekers tried to reach a safe place by sea, but are now being arbitrarily held in an overcrowded center with poor access to water & basic needs.

24 Sep 2018, 11:43 am

Julia Pascual
@JuliaPascualita

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Cette nuit, l’Aquarius a secouru 47 personnes en mer, des familles libyennes en majorité. L’opération a donné lieu à un accrochage avec les gardes-côtes libyens ⁦@SOSMedFrance⁩ ⁦@MSF_Sea ⁦@lemondefr⁩ ⁦@samuelgratacap⁩ https://t.co/whKQSeFRui

24 Sep 2018, 1:44 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

After inspecting wooden boat, Libyans finally give all clear for rescue to proceed, allowing the two rescue ribs to go into action and start getting people back to Aquarius.

This is the moment the first rib, full of women and children, gets to Aquarius

24 Sep 2018, 1:43 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

—Tense negotiations, first English then Arabic, ensue with the Libyan coastguard vessel and SOS Med with MSF
—Libyans say they will approach the rescue ribs + vessel in distress to inspect
—Order is given from SOS Med for ribs to "fall back slowly, everyone remain nice and calm"

24 Sep 2018, 1:43 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Then it got very tricky for @SOSMedIntl and @MSF_Sea:
—As SOS Med assesses situation and confirm there are women + kids...
—But Libyan coastguard boat, beginning approach to wooden boat, states MSF + SOS do not have permission for them to take people from vessel

24 Sep 2018, 1:43 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Meanwhile, SOS Med crew were on watch on Bridge for vessel in distress:
—At around 5am first visual of boat is reported
—Around 5.30am rescue ribs are launched and heading towards ppl in distress to assess situation

24 Sep 2018, 1:42 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

Aquarius began contacting marine control centres in Rome, Italy, and in Tripoli, Libya, asking for co-ordination, as per marine law / conventions.
—Contact made with JRCC in Tripoli
—Told to establish co-ordination w patrolling Libyan coastguard boat. Contact made from Bridge.

24 Sep 2018, 1:42 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

At around 1am the Aquarius was contacted by NGO AlarmPhone and told:
—Wooden boat in distress, departed from Zuwara, heading north
—Roughly 50 people onboard, including women and children
—Vessel is reportedly taking on water

24 Sep 2018, 1:41 am

Rose Troup Buchanan
@rose_catb

SARwatchMED retweeted:

MV Aquarius 2, with @MSF_Sea and @SOSMedIntl, has made its second rescue of the mission, following a very tense standoff with a Libyan coastguard vessel in the middle of the operation.

24 Sep 2018, 12:53 am

IOM Libya
@IOM_Libya

Proactiva Open Arms retweeted:

UPDATE: at least 1,220 families (approx. 6,100 individuals) displaced over the past 48 hrs from conflict-affected areas in southern #Tripoli.
Total displacement since onset of hostilities on 26 Aug: at least 5,065 families. #DTM #Libya

20 Sep 2018, 11:04 pm

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

"Sur l'Aquarius : onze personnes secourues au large de la Libye" via @lemondefr à bord de l'#Aquarius.
mobile.lemonde.fr/a-bord-de-l-aq…

20 Sep 2018, 11:00 pm

Matteo Villa
@emmevilla

Proactiva Open Arms retweeted:

Having ordered #Aquarius to disembark rescued #migrants in #Libya, and having received a no for an answer, the Libyan coordination centre explicitly REFUSED to continue coordinating the rescue.

Stark example of the paradoxical effects of the existence of a Libyan SAR zone.

20 Sep 2018, 10:59 pm

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

@SOSMedIntl @SOSMedItalia @MSF_france @MSF_Sea @SOSMedGermany UPDATE Le JRCC Libye a dit à l'#Aquarius de transférer les rescapés sur un patrouilleur Libyen. La Libye n'étant pas à l'heure actuelle reconnue "lieu sûr" (place of safety), l'Aquarius a répondu qu'il ne pouvait pas légalement transborder des personnes qui y seraient renvoyées

20 Sep 2018, 10:57 pm

Proactiva Open Arms
@openarms_fund

Y mientras en #Tripoli

Quoted tweet from @Lyobserver:

Sound of heavy artillery fire echoes in #Tripoli as fighting rages in the southern part of the city https://t.co/QSvmzAMdYX

20 Sep 2018, 10:57 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

UPDATE: Joint Libyan Rescue Coordination Centre told #Aquarius to transfer survivors to a patrol boat. #Aquarius replied #Libya is not a place of safety and therefore people cannot be returned there. #Aquarius then told to contact another Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre. #MSF https://t.co/aMoOTHteHD

20 Sep 2018, 10:56 pm

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

Avant le sauvetage l' #Aquarius a informé les autorités maritimes Libyennes. Sans réponse de lr part les autorités Italiennes, Maltaises et Tunisiennes ont été contactées. Pr l'instant seules les autorités italiennes ont répondu & se st engagées à informer les autorités Libyennes

19 Sep 2018, 12:17 am

Sara Creta
@formicasara

Proactiva Open Arms retweeted:

News from the #Mediterranean #Libya Under fire from smugglers, Libya's navy managed rescues 57 #migrants at sea. The rescued migrants noted that the boat was initially carrying 80 people before gun men, probably smugglers, took all the women and children and left the men on board

17 Sep 2018, 9:04 pm

Sea-Watch
@seawatchcrew

#IMRCC Rome denied responsibility after being informed by #Colibri operators and referred the crew to the headquarters of the so-called #LibyanCoastGuard. There, Colibri’s distress call wasn’t received for hours despite multiple attempts.

17 Sep 2018, 9:00 pm

Sea-Watch
@seawatchcrew

⭕️ UPDATE: The rubberboat, spotted yesterday by @PVolontaires #Colibri, was eventually, after >9 hours at sea, intercepted and forcibly returned to #Libya. Once again #Italy & #EU have condoned the deaths of over 80 people and finally abandoned them to inhumane detention.

17 Sep 2018, 8:50 pm

Pilotes Volontaires
@PVolontaires

UPDATE: We have the information that the people on the rubber boat from today got rescued by the #LibyanCoastguard. They will bring them back to Libya which is not a safe place for the fleeing people. #safepassage #RightToFlee #humanrights

17 Sep 2018, 8:49 pm

DTM IOM
@DTM_IOM

#Libya: Following clashes between armed groups in Tripoli from 27 Aug to 4 Sept, at least 2,840 families (14,200 individuals) have been #displaced. With the ceasefire agreement reached 4 Sept, the overall security situation in Tripoli has been improving. bit.ly/Libya_TripoliU…

Un groupe de migrants, principalement des Éthiopiens et des Érythréens, a forcé les portes d’un centre... Paris d'Exil - Collectif parisien de soutien aux exilé.e.s (Facebook)

16 Sep 2018, 2:36 pm

Un groupe de migrants, principalement des Éthiopiens et des Érythréens, a forcé les portes d’un centre de rétention où il était enfermé, puis a marché vers la capitale Tripoli, à une vingtaine de kilomètres au nord, pour demander l’aide de l’ONU et des ONG de défense des droits de l’Homme. Ballottés de camps de torture en centre de rétention depuis leur arrivée en Libye en 2015, ces migrants veulent aujourd’hui quitter la Libye le plus tôt possible.

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"Aidez-nous à quitter cet enfer, vite !" : une rare manifestation de migrants en Libye

observers.france24.com

15 Sep 2018, 8:43 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

After @JunckerEU ’s #SOTEU earlier today, the EU must acknowledge that current policies exacerbate suffering for #migrants & #refugees in #Libya. “We are struggling to survive,” said this survivor of a recent shipwreck. He is scarred from gunshot wounds received in Libya.

15 Sep 2018, 8:41 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

UPDATE: Last night, renewed fighting in #Tripoli engulfed the area around the Abu Salim detention centre, where 430 #refugees & #migrants are still trapped and highly vulnerable. Refugees & migrants must be evacuated out of #Libya to a safe place.

bit.ly/2COee3F

15 Sep 2018, 8:35 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

“I would not have gone to sea if there were not a war in #Tripoli. I have lived in #Libya for 10 years and I was working in Tajoura. Even if Europe didn’t want to give us asylum, they should not leave us dying at sea” – a survivor of the recent shipwreck

12 Sep 2018, 12:48 am

MSF_Sea “Many of the detention centers in #Tripoli are on the front line of the fighting, and the latest escalation of violence has left people trapped for days in appalling conditions without food” - MSF head of mission in #Libya. Libya is not a place of safety https://t.co/PAHEYyOcEp

11 Sep 2018, 10:51 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

Human traffickers in Libya are posing as UN staff, says Refugee Agency shar.es/a1tBoG

11 Sep 2018, 10:50 am

Jeff Crisp
@JFCrisp

Proactiva Open Arms retweeted:

Isn't there anyone in Brussels who is prepared to say that the EU can no longer support the interception, return, detention and abuse of people who are trying to escape from Libya? Those much vaunted 'European values' evidently apply only to Europeans.
https://t.co/LUC6qzifzN

11 Sep 2018, 10:46 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

#MSF has been forced to suspend regular medical activities & reduce the size of its team. At present MSF is only able to provide limited assistance in #Tripoli’s detention centres, namely emergency medical referrals & ad-hoc distributions of food, water & hygiene kits.

11 Sep 2018, 10:46 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

“Transferring detainees from one detention centre to another within the same conflict zone cannot be described as an evacuation and it is certainly not a solution” – MSF Head of Mission for #Libya, Ibrahim Younis.

11 Sep 2018, 10:45 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

After #Tripoli has seen its worst fighting in years, #MSF calls for thousands of desperate #refugees & #migrants in #Libya to be evacuated out of the country so they can be resettled or repatriated to a safe place. msf.org/evacuation-ref…

11 Sep 2018, 10:39 am

vincent cochetel
@cochetel

MSF Sea retweeted:

#Libya, new non-return advisory. Our recommendations apply in international waters. Returns to Libya can lead to serious human rights abuses and consequences for the individual concerned. https://t.co/nGzn80y6Ah

11 Sep 2018, 10:29 am

Sally Hayden
@sallyhayd

Alarm Phone retweeted:

A separate Tripoli source confirmed the fighting in the area, south of the city, & said he believes the prison entrances were blocked by sand blocks. Among the refugees are pregnant women. Those inside say another day w/o food & water could lead to deaths.

11 Sep 2018, 10:23 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

“Many of the detention centers in #Tripoli are on the front line of the fighting, and the latest escalation of violence has left people trapped for days in appalling conditions without food” - MSF head of mission in #Libya.

Libya is not a place of safety

nyti.ms/2NbRy1i

11 Sep 2018, 10:20 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

“It’s quite inhumane, it’s appalling, it’s a lack of infrastructure…that was before the conflict. Now…with the conflict, accessibility to these places is extremely limited and sometimes dangerous.” -MSF’s head of mission on #refugees + #migrants in Tripoli’s detention centres. twitter.com/MSF_ireland/st…

Quoted tweet from @MSF_ireland:

#Libya: Fighting in Tripoli erupts, worsening conditions for refugees and migrants trapped there. 🔊Listen back to MSF's head of mission on today's @morningireland

rte.ie/radio1/morning… 🔊

23 Aug 2018, 9:11 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

Last night, MSF psychologist Nathalie has met some of the children who disembarked from #Diciotti ship in the port of Catania. “One of them has sight problems, he has been detained in the dark in #Libya for a year.”

23 Aug 2018, 1:12 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

MSF teams finally able to access 29 minors disembarking from #Diciotti boat. These children have passed through #Libya and a terrible sea journey. So did the other people on board. We again appeal to Italian authorities to allow disembarkment and medical care for all of them.

21 Aug 2018, 1:16 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

"He was tortured for months with electric shocks. He eventually got released because he asked his captors to kill him to end it all" - #MSF Project Coordinator Aloys Vimard tells the story of one young teenager from #Somalia. uk.news.yahoo.com/exhausted-aqua…

17 Aug 2018, 9:21 am

MCVergiat L'enfer libyen https://t.co/4xX8Hv4vF4

14 Aug 2018, 4:29 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

#MSF team on #Aquarius hearing disturbing accounts of kidnapping and extortion suffered by child #refugees in #Libya. "I begged my captors to just kill me" said one teenager who spent 3 years in #Libya arriving when he was just 14.

13 Aug 2018, 11:48 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

"As soon as you enter #Libya they take your passport and rip it up in front of your eyes. As soon as you enter the border, every single door closes in your face. You are trapped. The only door that opens is the door of the sea." - Words one rescued man told us.

13 Aug 2018, 11:43 am

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

[2/2] Le JRCC libyen a ensuite informé l'#Aquarius qu'il ne lui désignerait pas de lieu sûr où débarquer les rescapés, et lui a enjoint de s'adresser à un autre Centre de coordination des secours (RCC). En l'état actuel, la Libye n'est en aucun cas considérée comme un lieu sûr

13 Aug 2018, 11:41 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

The Libyan Joint Rescue Coordination Centre then informed #Aquarius that it would not provide a place of safety and instructed #Aquarius to request a place of safety from another Rescue Coordination Centre. In any case #Libya is not recognised as a place of safety.

12 Aug 2018, 5:29 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

Today the #MSF medical are doing medical consultations on board the #Aquarius. Many people are malnourished and weak from their time in #Libya where they were held in inhumane conditions and had limited access to medical care. Dr David Beversluis gives an update. https://t.co/iXafgTmJQ5

12 Aug 2018, 5:24 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

“Many people we’ve rescued today are extremely weak, not only from being out at sea (...) but also clearly from their time in #Libya where many say they were held in inhumane conditions” #MSF Dr David Beversluis onboard #Aquarius “We see the old wounds and scars on their bodies"

12 Aug 2018, 5:19 pm

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

3/4 Malgré cette recherche, qui a duré toute la nuit, nous n'avons pas repéré la potentielle embarcation en détresse. Le JRCC n’a pas répondu à nos appels radio et n’a répondu au téléphone, dans un anglais approximatif, qu’après plusieurs tentatives de notre part.

12 Aug 2018, 5:19 pm

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

2/4 Après avoir prévenu par mail le Centre conjoint de coordination des secours (JRCC) libyen de notre disponibilité pour porter assistance, nous avons mené des activités de recherche dans la zone.

12 Aug 2018, 4:55 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

New report from Amnesty International: “European policies have helped the #Libyan #coastguard to intercept people at sea, lowering the priorities of rescue operations and hindering vital rescue work carried out by #NGOs.” theguardian.com/world/2018/aug…

12 Aug 2018, 4:54 pm

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

New report from the Global Peace Index ranks #Libya as the 7th most dangerous country in the world. Yet another reason why #migrants and #refugees should not be returned to Libya. libyanexpress.com/libya-ranked-7…

12 Aug 2018, 4:52 pm

Sea-Watch
@seawatchcrew

"Responsibility for surging death toll in Central Med laid squarely at Europe's door" Thanks @amnesty for straightening this out!

We´ve summed up the main findings of the report within this thread: (1/7)

#right2rescue #assoventotto
amnesty.org/en/latest/news…

12 Aug 2018, 4:41 pm

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

📽️ VIDEO, Frédéric Penard, dir op : "Les conventions maritimes stipulent qu'une personne secourue doit être ramenée dans un lieu sûr, ie où elle sera protégée de toute violation de ses droits. Or la Libye ne peut pas être considérée comme un lieu sûr." bit.ly/2vqgl7D

5 Aug 2018, 1:58 am

Le Monde
@lemondefr

SOS MEDITERRANEE France retweeted:

SOS Méditerranée a décidé de se donner les moyens de répondre en temps réel aux critiques dont l’ONG fait l’objet depuis des mois, avec leur journal de bord en ligne, qui sera actualisé en temps réel : https://t.co/KQlC2QuR0X | par @jeromegautheret https://t.co/QKC5lBYzRi

5 Aug 2018, 1:46 am

MSF Sea
@MSF_Sea

"European governments have invested huge resources in training the Libyan coastguard to intercept & return #refugees & #migrants to #Libya, without giving a moment of thought to the conditions into which they are returned" - Aloys Vimard, #MSF Project Coordinator, #Aquarius

5 Aug 2018, 1:38 am

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

🔴 Au moins 6 canots en détresse ont été repérés hier par @PVolontaires en #Méditerranée centrale. La coordination du sauvetage a été confiée par l'UE aux autorités libyennes. On ignore encore si tous ces bateaux ont été secourus. 1/2 twitter.com/PVolontaires/s…

Quoted tweet from @PVolontaires:

Aujourd’hui, notre avion, le #Colibri a repéré 6 bateaux en détresse au large des côtes libyennes, soit environ 600 personnes. À l’heure actuelle, toutes n’ont pas encore été secourues. https://t.co/LOcVujxQoV

5 Aug 2018, 1:38 am

Pilotes Volontaires
@PVolontaires

Aujourd’hui, notre avion, le #Colibri a repéré 6 bateaux en détresse au large des côtes libyennes, soit environ 600 personnes. À l’heure actuelle, toutes n’ont pas encore été secourues.

5 Aug 2018, 1:35 am

SOS MEDITERRANEE France
@SOSMedFrance

Il y a 8 mois, @CNN dévoilait des images de vente d’esclaves en #Libye. En cette Journée mondiale de la dignité des victimes de la traite d’êtres humains, ns rappelons que la #Libye ne peut pas être considérée comme un lieu sûr au regard des conventions maritimes internationales. https://t.co/Hgm0yFLJDk

3 Aug 2018, 4:53 pm

Matteo Villa
@emmevilla

Migrants Infos retweeted:

(⛔️🚢BREAKING) EVERYONE GOES BACK. In July, 23% of #migrants departing from #Libya made it to Europe. This is the LOWEST share ever.

72% were caught and brought back.

5.2% died or went missing.

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