We hope, at every hearing in the last 6 years, that the #elhiblu3 will be set free, that their innocence is recognised and that this gross travesty of justice comes to an end. That day was not today.

“We will continue to stand beside them as they weather this cruel injustice. We will stand with the El Hiblu 3 as long as it takes and until they are free.” maltatoday.com.mt/news/court_and…

More on the treatment of people crossing the Med by #Malta . When will this inhumanity end?

It has been 11 years since the century’s deadliest shipwreck in the #Mediterranean Sea. 📌On 3 October 2013, in #Lampedusa, 368 people lost their lives. 💙Today our hearts are with the survivors and the families of the victims. 📣Today we ask once again, louder, for no more

Very worrying that #UNHCR pivots back to ill-conceived idea of #regional processing. It is not an alternative to border control, but its #externalization. What are the human rights and geopolitical ramifications of persuading another country to host this? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A new website that will help in mobilising and keeping allies updated! Check it out!

Excellent thread. Thank you Alan Lester.

Still in limbo. 2000 days and counting. #DropTheCharges

Yesterday at the 86th vigil remembering #DaphneCaruanaGalizia's assassination, I spoke about the systemic injustices and state violence that non-Maltese residents and refugees in #Malta are subjected to on a daily basis. newsbook.com.mt/en/debono-and-… repubblika 🇲🇹 #JusticeForDaphne 🌿 #occupyjustice 🍃

“On this #InternationalMigrantsDay I see weird publications from people who claim to celebrate the resilience of migrants. And a ridiculous one from IOM - UN Migration 🇺🇳 and Amy Pope , I don’t see a reason to celebrate because as I speak there are millions and millions of Africans who

Outside the court, Malta's President Emeritus Marie Louise Coleiro Preca said today: "I will keep defending them until they are freed, and I will keep defending the rights of children wherever they come from". independent.com.mt/articles/2025-…

What is the #Maltese, taxpayer-funded "Immigration Coordination Centre" in #Libya tasked with doing?? #migration #HumanRights timesofmalta.com/article/malta-…

Six years of painful limbo. The #elhiblu3 have been robbed of the best years of their life - and it is not over yet. We ask gor this mistake to be rectified by having the charges dropped!

After more than six years, another court hearing was adjourned today. Justice is again delayed and denied. The #ElHiblu3 have suffered enough. #FreeThe3 #DropTheCharges Join us back in court on 12 June.

When justice starts to feel like an unattainable goal, democracy is put into question.

My article on how unauthorised #Mediterranean boat journeys are simultaneously invisible and deeply present. I interweave the travellers’ experiences with the social and political processes traversing this liquid border. The article can be accessed: ojs.mau.se/index.php/cimr…

So much death, while States remain silent. #rip #justice for these #deaths in the #Mediterranean is our collective responsibility.

#Libya's Interior Minister (Dbeibah gov) claims 4 million migrants in the country. From which database, exactly? You can't even estimate those who arrived with contracts. Stop fabricating numbers just to scare Europe and cash in on "interceptions"Enough.

Online at last! A groundbreaking 1986 book that examines the different forms of forced migration & responses to them. By Nick Van Hear & myself. ICRC: "llustrated with a wealth of examples. A pleasure to read." docs.google.com/document/d/1EZ…

European Alliance of Academies Valerio Rocco Lozano Akademie der Künste ¿Cómo pueden las prácticas artísticas reformular la percepción de la migración? Un diálogo con el fotógrafo Darrin Zammit Lupi, la directora de Willa Decjusza, Dominika Kasprowicz, el antropólogo cultural Osvaldo Costantini y el escritor Steffen Mensching. Modera: Daniela DeBono.