The WatchTheMed Alarm Phone has published its latest report, entitled ‘While the world looks to G20 in Hamburg, Hundreds drown at sea’. In the report, we reflect on our work and the developments in the Mediterranean Sea over the past six weeks.
You can find it here, on our website: https://alarmphone.org/en/2017/07/27/while-the-world-looks-to-g20-in-hamburg-hundreds-drown-at-sea-watchthemed-alarm-phone-6-week-report-12th-june-23rd-july-2017/?post_type_release_type=post
And also on Facebook:
‘When the world’s attention was grabbed by the G20 spectacle in Hamburg in early July, where those came together who are responsible for many current wars and conflicts in the world that prompt millions to flee, and who create and maintain barriers to the free movement of the world’s poor while reinforcing neo-liberal forms of capitalist exploitation, hardly anyone noticed some of the devastating consequences of their policies: the ongoing mass dying in the Mediterranean Sea. This year’s official death count stands at 2365 fatalities at sea. These 2365 individuals lost their lives because of the bordered state of the world. Hegemonic governments, including those of the EU, profit from both the creation of unliveable living conditions in many parts of the world and the simultaneous criminalisation and deterrence of precarious travellers.’
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All the best, the Alarm Phone