In this episode, we speak with academic Cetta and foreign policy analyst Daniel about the Malta Migration Archive. 

 

We discuss the Maltese government's refusal to save refugee lives in its own search-and-rescue zone, how it ignores civilian rescue ships, pressurises commercial ships to not rescue refugees, and how it organises pushbacks with the so-called Libyan coastguards. 

 

Cetta and Daniel tell us how the Malta Migration Archive maps all of this, and why it is so important to expose and combat the Maltese government's silence. 

 

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Check out the Malta Migration Archive here: maltamigrationarchive.org

 

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And on Twitter on @MigrationMalta

Cetta mentions the El Hiblu 3 – three young men who Malta arrested on terrorism charges after they helped prevent a push back to Libya. For more on that, check out episode 37 of The Civil Fleet Podcast

 

Daniel mentions the rescue organisation Mission Lifeline. For more on them, see here: thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/tag/Mission-Lifeline

 

Check out episodes 48, 5 and 3 for more on Alarm Phone.

 

Episodes 70, 65, 43, 22, 7 and 1 feature interviews with Sea-Watch activists

 

Cetta mentions the Tuna-pen Incident. For more on that, see here: https://timesofmalta.com/article/international-shock-over-tuna-pen-incident.16311

 

She also mentions the Civil Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (CMRCC). Check them out here: https://civilmrcc.eu/

 

Episodes 65 and 1 are focused on Sea-Watch's reconnaissance planes Seabird. Have a listen when you can. 

 

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) get mention in the episode, and they're the focus of episodes 67, 21 and 14. 

 

Listen to episodes 47 and 18 to hear more about how commercial shipping has been affected by Malta's refusal to take in people on the move. 

 

Ben mentions the Dublin Agreement. Check out this explainer video by The Guardian newspaper for more on that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ooecJWPcAY&t=28s&ab_channel=TheGuardian

 

Ben also mentions Doro, and the book about him. You can buy the book here: unbound.com/books/doro/

 

Listen to episode 43 for an interview with co-author and Sea-Watch activist Brendan Woodhouse. 

 

Ben suggests that governments have never really respected international law. Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BXtgq0Nhsc&ab_channel=Chomsky%27sPhilosophy

 

David Yambio, South Sudanese human rights activist and founder of Refugees in Libya, is interviewed in episode 29.