Capital Events
The 3rd October marks the sixth anniversary of what is remembered as one of the most serious massacres of Mediterranean migrants: a boat carrying over 500 people sank when it was just a few hundred meters from the coast of Lampedusa. 368 people migrants (including children, women and men) lost their lives; 155 were saved.
The Snapshots project involves for the Capital Events 19 border Local Authorities and 37 associations and civil society organizations from all 28 European countries.
Lampedusa will represent “The Capital of Europe”, with a series of events in other 29 European capitals and cities to support the new petition which aims to request the EU institutions to Make the 3rd October the European Day of Memory and Welcome.
In each cities took place various types of initiatives (such as cultural events, documentaries, debates, exhibitions, flash-mobs, concerts, etc.) coordinated to make citizens aware of the different issues and aspects related to the phenomenon of migration.
Project
Snapshots From The Borders is a 3-year project co-funded by the European Union (EuropeAid DEAR budget line), run by 35 partners, border Local Authorities and Civil Society organisations.
Snapshots From The Borders aims to improve the critical understanding of European, national and local decision makers and of public opinion about global interdependencies determining migration flows towards European borders, in the perspective of reaching SDGs targets, especially SDG 1, 5, 10 11 and 16. Specifically, the project intends to strengthen a new horizontal, active network among cities directly facing migration flows at EU borders, as a way to promote more effective policy coherence at all levels (European, national, local).
Borders Tales
Borders Tales People
Traiskirchen and Norbert’s commitment
“My mother is from the Alps, in southern Austria; my father is also from the Alps, but in northern Slovenia….
Borders Tales People
Hungary, between two worlds
“I still remember one little girl, in the middle of the buses that were ready to leave. She was terrified,…
Borders Tales Story
Lampedusa, between memory and future
The monument to the victims of the 2013 shipwreck The signs of migration are everywhere on Lampedusa, but they should…
Borders Tales Story
The Brenner Pass
The border as destiny There are monuments that celebrate the past, others that were created so that the past does…
News from the borders
News
Pushbacks by sea
The complaint of the Adriatic Ports Network “The Adriatic Ports Network expresses its concern about the policy of rejections and…
News
Maritime Migration to Europe
Focus on the Overseas Route to the Canary Islands The number of migrants and asylum seekers reaching Europe in 2020…
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The Big Wall
An investigation into how Italy has tried to stop immigration from Africa – also using European funds – and how…
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Croatia and the Balkan Route
Interview with Maddalena Avon of the Centre for Peace Studies in Zagreb Croatia continues to represent a fundamental junction along…
International Documentary Festival
The 10 documentaries of International Documentary Festival had chosen according to the topics and issue enlightened by the project, in the need to bring to light and report ‘Snapshots from/of the Borders’.
