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  • THE MISSING MIGRANTS MAP - Corriere della Sera on Behance
    https://www.behance.net/gallery/34680727/THE-MISSING-MIGRANTS-MAP-Corriere-della-Sera

    Voir aussi ce qui est apparemment la source
    Missing Migrants Project |
    https://missingmigrants.iom.int

    via @odilon et @cdb_77

    The Missing Migrants Map’ is the visual representation of all the incidents recorded by “The Missing Migrants Project”.
    This visualization is based on the data tracked by the “Missing Migrants Project”, a joint initiative of IOM’s Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC) and Media and Communications Division (MCD).

    The projects aims at tracking all the deaths of migrants and those who have gone missing along migratory routes worldwide. The research behind this project began with the October 2013 tragedies, when at least 368 migrants died in two shipwrecks near the Italian island of Lampedusa.
    Since then, Missing Migrants Project has developed into an important hub and advocacy source of information that media, researchers, and the general public access for the latest information.
    Missing Migrants Project uses statistical data from governments and sources other agencies, as well as NGOs and media.
    Data has been filtered on 2015 incidents happened in the european and mediterranean area.
    The map is characterized by a purely geographical guise, to show both the morphology of the territory, and to highlight the fact that we all are citizens of the world.

    The visualization was originally developed in september 2015, than updated in february 2016 with new events.

    #migrations #asile #réfugiés #mourir_en_mer #cartographie

  • IOM Global Migration Data Analysis Centre
    http://iomgmdac.org

    About Us
    “Data are the lifeblood of decision-making and the raw material for accountability”
    – (UN Data Revolution Group, 2014)

    In response to growing calls for better data on migration, and better use and presentation of migration data, IOM has created a Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC).

    As a global hub for data and statistics on migration, GMDAC aims to conduct and coordinate research and data projects.

    Located in the heart of Berlin, Germany, the centre is well-positioned to provide authoritative and timely analysis of data on global migration issues.

    MISSING MIGRANTS PROJECT |
    http://missingmigrants.iom.int
    http://missingmigrants.iom.int/sites/default/files/styles/newslideshow/public/slideshow/Missing_Migrants_24_November%20-%20Banner.jpg?itok=cH4zxNde

    “Missing Migrants Project tracks deaths of migrants and those who have gone missing along migratory routes worldwide. The research behind this project began with the October 2013 tragedies, when at least 368 migrants died in two shipwrecks near the Italian island of Lampedusa. Since then, Missing Migrants Project has developed into an important hub and advocacy source of information that media, researchers, and the general public access for the latest information.

    Missing Migrants Project uses statistical data from governments and sources other agencies, as well as NGOs and media.

    Besides counting fatalities, Missing Migrants Project is part of a broader effort to engage communities around the world. Following shipwrecks, IOM offices worldwide often receive calls and emails from family members seeking news about their missing relatives, many of whom are feared dead. IOM works with all channels available, partners, authorities, search and rescue and even using social media when appropriate, in order to assist those who come to us in search of missing loved ones.

    With a count surpassing 40,000 deaths since 2000, IOM calls on all the world’s governments to address what it describes as “an epidemic of crime and abuse.”"

  • #Hackers, #torrents and #whistleblowers : A new culture of transparency
    http://whistle.is/?p=283

    That said, whistle-blowing is a moral decision which is far from being simple. Not only most of the times it can be considered an illegal act (there is a varying degree of legal frameworks on this issue) to obtain restricted information, there is also the question of possible retaliation by the organizations accused, which can include smear campaigns, loss of employment or other forms of harassment. The decision to ‘blow the whistle’ is closely interwoven with strong moral convictions and the practical belief that somewhere, someone might be able to provide a solution to injustice.

    Evolution of the practice
    In the last phase of the 2oth century and the beginning of the 21st, the dynamics of whistle-blowing have changed deeply, shifting towards new models. In general we can say that with certain projects they have become institutionalized, have an international scope and due to their merging with Internet and hacker culture, many have become more radical in their means. All demonstrate, in an empiric manner, that whistle-blowing is going beyond the traditional model described above.

    The success of Wikileaks is an example for these assertions. It is a not-for-profit media organization that since 2006 has been bent on giving the general public access to the inside information of government and private entities around the world, with a varying degree of success but with an unquestioned impact on the practice. Although the publication of the Cablegate in 2010, around 250 thousand classified cables of the U.S. State Department, is considered the biggest leak of U.S. history, providing evidence of widespread corruption in different organizations around the world, its main value is not derived from this fact.

    The examples below show that whistle-blowing, originally designed for concrete cases, is becoming closer to the struggle for the simple right to know things, the attitude of these new activists is making information – in a broader sense – free and globally accessible. This trend is becoming a worldwide movement, a transnational and popular community struggling for freedom and autonomy in transparency.

    As Coleman stated, in September 2010 “coming in the form of politically motivated DDoS attacks, Anonymous targeted the MPAA (and eventually other organizations and companies) to show support for the famous file-sharing site, The Pirate Bay soon after its servers were DDoSed by an Indian software firm that had been hired by the MPAA to engage in this form of digital privateering”. The important shift came in “December 2010, soon after Wikileaks released a small trove of diplomatic cables, those participating in Operation Payback shifted their energies to engage in the largest and most spectacular set of actions to date. Anonymous did not protest only to register its support to Wikileaks; they launched into action in response to PayPal, Mastercard, and Amazon pulling all support and services for Wikileaks, despite the organization not having been charged with any infraction”.

    #hacking #hacktivism #wikileaks #whistleblowing