Malta Migration Archive

Ong, Malta responded to fewer than 1% of distress calls in early 2025 Ong, Malta responded to fewer than 1% of distress calls in early 2025

Italian press is on it too!

www.italpress.com/ong-malta-re...

Unprecedented increase in pushbacks from Malta’s SAR zone Malta Migration Archive records 242 distress calls in first six months of the year • Libyan coast guard allowed into SAR at least 16 times

Thanks to maltatoday and newsbook for covering the latest data update!

www.maltatoday.com.mt/news/nationa...

newsbook.com.mt/en/wanton-ab...

Malta let Libyan militias into rescue zone 16 times in six months, activists say 'Less than one per cent' of distress calls answered by Malta, migration archive operators say

Thanks to @timesofmalta.bsky.social for covering our research!

timesofmalta.com/article/malt...

New 2025 data reveals continued non-assistance and a surge in pushbacks!

242 cases of distress in 01-06/2025. Maltese authorities continued to deny assistance to people whose lives were at risk, only rescuing two of these boats.

+ Surge in illegal pushbacks from Malta’s SAR zone to Libya!

Malta Migration Archive: Countermapping Border Violence - CivilMRCC In June, we launched the Malta Migration Archive. The Archive sheds light on border violence in Malta by systematically documenting the many ways that the Maltese state obstructs mobility and settleme...

Thanks to the Civil MRCC for publishing out article and keeping us informed what happens in SAR!

civilmrcc.eu/report/malta...

🚨NEW EPISODE:

Cetta & Daniel of @maltamigrationarchive.org tell us about exposing:
• the Maltese government's refusal to save refugee lives
• how it ignores civilian rescuers
• pressurises commercial ships not to rescue
• and how it organises pushbacks with the Libyan coastguards.

An honour to present the Archive at Malta Refugee Council's event ‘Protection Begins at Sea’ with others!

Fantastic to see participants remind Malta's Migration Ambassador that distress calls are always a matter of life and death. Fundamental rights are not 'pull factors' and are non-negotiable.

Vielen Dank für den Artikel!

Malta überlässt libyschen Milizen seine Rettungszone Die Zahl der Seenottretungen durch Malta sinkt drastisch: Der Inselstaat untergräbt seine völkerrechtlichen Pflichten in der eigenen Rettungszone. Ein dramatischer Wandel infolge eines geheimen Abkommens...

Die Zahl der Seenottretungen durch #Malta sinkt drastisch: Der Inselstaat untergräbt seine völkerrechtlichen Pflichten in der eigenen Rettungszone. Ein dramatischer Wandel infolge eines geheimen Abkommens mit #Libyen.

Thanks @theecre.bsky.social for covering our Archive launch this week! 🙏

As it happens to me that many found this poetic, I will share it with the rest of you. I presented this text in Malta two days ago at the launch of the Malta Migration Archive @maltamigrationarchive.org , held at the University of Malta. I had no fancy speech to give, so I left this behind.

Malta Migration Archive exposes Malta's 'deadly' refusal to rescue migrants at sea A groundbreaking new digital archive launched yesterday in Valletta has laid bare what activists describe as Malta's systematic abandonment of migrants in distress at sea

"The Malta Migration Archive represents an unprecedented attempt to document and expose what organisers describe as state-sanctioned violence against some of the world’s most vulnerable people."

Thank you Newsbook Malta for covering our event!

newsbook.com.mt/en/malta-mig...

Malta sea rescues plummet as Libyan pushbacks soar in years since migration deal By last year, a migrant boat was 10 times more likely to be intercepted by a Libyan militia vessel than be rescued by AFM

Malta Sea Rescues Plummet!

"By last year, a migrant boat was 10 times more likely to be intercepted by a Libyan militia vessel than be rescued by AFM"

Read the full article of @timesofmalta.bsky.social on the launch of our Malta Migration Archive!

timesofmalta.com/article/malt...

"As the documented pushbacks increased, data collected by the archive also shows that rescues of the boats in distress by the Armed Forces of Malta moved in the opposite direction."

Read the full article from Amphora Media:
www.amphora.media/2025/06/logg...

Malta Migration Archive Countermapping Migration at Sea

Today we launch the Malta Migration Archive in Valletta. The Archive sheds light on border violence in Malta and documents state practices of non-assistance and pushbacks to Libya.

Find us at: maltamigrationarchive.org