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Search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean and fundamental rights - June 2025 update

The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights regularly collects data on the operations of NGO vessels involved in search and rescue in the Mediterranean. This includes any legal proceedings against them, as well as any difficulties in disembarking migrants in safe ports. This paper provides an overview of criminal investigations and other legal proceedings initiated by European Union (EU) Member States against civil society organisations deploying search and rescue vessels and aircraft in the Mediterranean and/or against individual crew members. The latest update covers the period from 2018 up until 1 June 2025.

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Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2025

HTML:

  • ISBN: 978-92-9489-630-8
  • doi:10.2811/7537575
  • TK-01-25-012-EN-Q

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  • ISBN: 978-92-9489-631-5
  • doi:10.2811/8223897
  • TK-01-25-012-EN-N

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