Arrival of ten more lifeless people at Lampedusa met with anger – Maldusa Project

Maldusa Project, an organization facilitating freedom of movement on land and sea, has decried rising death rates and violence on international waters.

The organization, while chronicling recent fatalities on international waters said: “Last night in Lampedusa, the arrival of ten more lifeless people was met with anger and sorrow, victims of the European border regime.

“The sailboat Nadir from @resqship, towed for over 10 hours the wooden and fiberglass boat carrying the bodies. Before entering the port at Molo Favaloro, access to which was denied to the public, the crew of the sailboat placed 10 red lights on the boat.

“Photos of the deck – partially torn apart in an attempt to distinguish the alive from the dead – show parts of the bodies trapped, suffocated by gasoline. Another act of violence in recent days, which we receive with anger and bitterness.”

Just yesterday, Maldusa Project said at least another fifty people were deliberately killed by the political decisions of European governments. “A sailboat sank just over 100 miles from Roccella Ionica, as captured in photos by an Italian Coast Guard helicopter.

“Only four days ago was the anniversary of the Pylos shipwreck, where more than six hundred people lost their lives in 2023 due to a fatal intervention of the Greek Coast Guard.

“These are not isolated cases, “accidents,” or “emergencies.” They are the predictable and intentional results of controlling borders and reducing arrivals, pushing back or letting people die who are fighting for their freedom.”

Continuing, it said: “A recent example is the thirteen people spotted at sea by Seabird from @seawatchcrew only a few days ago, dead for days, and recovered by the crews of @MSF_Sea and @SOSMedIntl. This was the only evidence of an hidden shipwreck, which would have never come to our attention.

“On June 1st, another person lost their life during a rescue operation by the commercial ship Maersk Aegean. Earlier, on May 28th, @soshumanity_en found a 5-month-old baby girl dead, whose body remained in Lampedusa’s morgue until yesterday, June 17th, without refrigeration.”

“What happens to these people?”Maldusa Project questioned.

The attempt to displace them as quickly as possible when alive, it said extends even after death. “No identification is guaranteed by the Italian authorities, and their memory is considered too inconvenient.

“The structural violence of borders becomes a concrete practice on the bodies of people, forced, tortured, and persecuted before, killed at sea or hidden and forgotten once their bodies arrive.

“However, no political pact between the elites of the northern and southern Mediterranean countries will stop the force of those fighting for freedom.

“In solidarity with all people on the move, their loved ones, and those who fight in solidarity with them.”