Since 2014 more than 32,000 people have died trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe. As the EU and its member states have been increasingly prioritising migration deterrence over human life, civic organisations have stepped in and are carrying out search and rescue operations. <a href="https://sos-humanity.org/en/about-us/">SOS Humanity</a> is one of these organisations. Janna Sauerteig joins us to talk about the work SOS Humanity and other civilian search and rescue organisations do, the obstacles they face from member states and the EU, the role of the so-called “Libyan Coast Guard”, the ways in which deadly policies are part of the European global and democratic crisis, and possible solutions.
The data about deaths in the Mediterranean mentioned in the podcast are from the <a href="https://missingmigrants.iom.int/region/mediterranean">Missing Migrants Project</a>. We also mentioned the evidence that migrants and even Black residents are rounded up from North African cities and dumped in the desert; this is from a 2024 investigation by <a href="https://elpais.com/internacional/2024-05-21/detenciones-masivas-y-traslados-forzosos-asi-se-destierra-con-dinero-europeo-a-migrantes-en-el-norte-de-africa.html">El Pais</a> (in Spanish) and <a href="https://www.lighthousereports.com/investigation/desert-dumps/">Lighthouse Reports</a> (in English).
﻿Transcript of episode <a href="https://cdn.craft.cloud/44c3b6c3-3307-4a13-a091-f99416660f91/assets/SOS-Humanity-Transcript.docx#asset:432044@1">here</a>.
Guest: <a href="https://lens.civicus.org/interview/europe-is-implementing-policies-of-deliberate-neglect-leading-to-avoidable-deaths-at-its-external-borders/">Janna Sauerteig</a> is Mobilization and Advocacy Manager at <a href="https://sos-humanity.org/en/about-us/">SOS Humanity</a>. Their latest report “<a href="https://sos-humanity.org/en/reports/report-externalisation/">Borders of (In)humanity</a>”, published this May, demonstrates the connection between the EU’s migration externalisation policies and human rights violations in the Central Mediterranean, namely through EU and bilateral cooperation with Libya and Tunisia in the field of search and rescue. The report is based on survivors’ testimonies which collected by SOS Humanity.
Presenter: <a href="https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gov/cianetti-licia">Licia Cianetti</a> is Associate Professor at the University of Birmingham and Founding Deputy Director of CEDAR.
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