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The Civil Fleet Podcast

Mar 19, 2024

Activists aboard the Iuventa rescue ship saved the lives of over 14,000 people in the central Mediterranean between 2016 and 2017. 

 

Based on dodgy allegations from a security guard with links to the far right, the Italian secret services began spying on the Iuventa crew in September 2016.

 

The Italian authorities...


Feb 25, 2024

IN THIS episode we speak with Nadia, a young refugee woman from Lebanon, and Alexandros, a Greek human rights lawyer.

 

Nadia tells us how she and her husband Dawood were forced to leave Lebanon by boat, how they spent over 10 days at sea, and how, once they were rescued, Dawood was arrested by the Greek authorities and...


Jan 25, 2024

In this episode, we speak with journalist Bashar Deeb from Lighthouse Reports about two investigations he worked on.

 

The first, called 'Frontex and the Pirate Ship', is a disturbing story of how the European Border and Coastguard Agency helped a notorious Libyan rebel group intercept a refugee boat in the...


Jan 9, 2024

In this episode, we speak with Sergio from No Name Kitchen.

 

He tells how the group supports people on the move along the Balkan route, and the types of violence they experience along the European Union's edges.

 

Sergio also talks to us about No Name Kitchen's Bloody Borders report, and of the horrific levels of abuse...


Nov 16, 2023

In this episode we speak with Josephine from Abolish Frontex, a decentralised network of activist groups focused on ending the EU's deadly border regime.

 

Josephine is going to tell us about Frontex, which is the European Border and Coastguard Agency, it's many scandals, it's operations within and outside Europe, and...