Transnational Monitoring against the deadly Injustice at Sea
▻http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/142-links-and-resources/52519-transnational-monitoring-against-the-deadly-injustice-at-sea.htm
Alternative alarm system against EU border regime at sea
Since the beginning of the 90s, thousands of people have tried to reach Europe clandestinely by boat, thereby contesting laws, policies and practices that attempt to limit the movement of the majority of Non-Europeans and transform them into “illegals” if they manage to reach Europe. However this act of freedom has come at heavy human cost. Over 13.000 cases of deaths at the maritime boundaries of the EU have been reported since the beginning of the 90s. Deaths and migrants’ rights violations are thus the structural product of the current border regime.
#migrations #asile #méditerranée #mourir_en_mer #morts_aux_frontières
Thus far, the EU as well as the states that serve as its watchdogs could avoid assuming responsibility for these deaths – it is difficult to prove who failed to act in an emergency in the open sea or who denied the right to demand asylum to migrants by pushing their boat back, for these violations happen far away from the gaze of activists and the public. Through the WatchTheMed online mapping platform, we seek to develop a powerful tool to monitor those who control migration and bring an end the impunity at sea.
