Press Conference July 28th, 2020, 3:30 pm CEST_Location: Zoom (here the registration form) and live on ASGI’s Facebook page. Rome/Tunis, 24 July 2020 PRESS RELEASE The Association for Juridical Studies on Migration (ASGI) and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) filed a complaint against Italy, Malta and Libya with the UN Human Rights […]
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Transit country for migrants heading for Europe. Due to its strategic position, the European Union and member states are investing funds to strengthen the policy of the Libyan authorities, particularly as regards the management of migratory flows. The responsibilities of the member states with respect to the conditions of the detention centres, pull backs, evacuation procedures from the detention and resettlement centres of migrants should be investigated.
Italian NGOs activities in Libyan detention centres
A critical overview of how Italian international cooperation funds are spent.
Petition to European Parliament Challenging EU’s Material Support to Libyan Abuses Against Migrants
Today, Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), and two Italian NGOs, the Association for Juridical Studies on Immigration (ASGI), and the Italian Recreational and Cultural Association (ARCI) filed a Petition to the European Parliament under Article 227 of the Treaty of the European Union, concerning the Mismanagement of EU Funds by the EU Trust Fund for Africa’s ‘Support to Integrated Border and Migration Management in Libya’s IBM Programme.
The Italian Supreme Administrative Court orders the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to release IOM’s financial reports for projects financed by the Italian Government in Libya
ASGI, in the framework of the projects Sciabaca and Oruka, has presented requests to access the financial reports of projects implemented by IOM and other international organizations in Libya.
Stop the EU proposal for “humanitarian intervention” in Libya and new funds to the Libyan Coast Guard
ASGI expresses concern about the European Union’s proposal to allocate around € 100 million for an “urgent intervention” in Libya in order to limit the new departures of foreign citizens to Europe.
Overview of EUTFA-funded projects implemented by International Organizations in Libya
Following two requests of information under the right of access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents concerning EUTFA-funded projects currently implemented in Libya by IOs, ASGI received unsatisfying and poorly reasoned answers from the European Union.
Proceedings of the conference “Externalization of Borders and the Role of IOM” are now available
The event, held in Rome on 5 December 2019, was organised by ASGI in cooperation with the Clinica Legale International Protection of Human Rights.
ASGI requests the immediate annulment of the Italian-Libyan Memorandum
On 2 February 2017, Fayez al Serraj for the Libyan Government of National Accord and Paolo Gentiloni for the Italian Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding, with the aim of strengthening the cooperation in the management of the Libyan borders, “in order to ensure the reduction of illegal migratory flows”.
Overview of Italy-funded projects implemented in Libya by international organizations
ASGI (Sciabaca project) submitted a series of requests for access to public information concerning projects implemented by international and non-governmental organizations in Libya, Niger, Tunisia and Egypt, financed with Italian funds from the so called “Africa Fund”.
Right to enter Italy for those who have been unlawfully pushed back to Libya
On 28 November 2019, the first instance court in Rome, in adjudicating a civil lawsuit promoted by Amnesty international and represented in court by ASGI lawyers, recognizing for the first time that a foreigner illegally pushed back by Italian authorities has the right to enter Italy to seek international protection.
