{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 74: Is solidarity a crime?","description":"We speak with Silvia from the Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants, or PICUM. &amp;nbsp; She tells us about a report she wrote for PICUM on the criminalisation and non-judicial harassment of people-on-the-move and activists working in solidarity with them in Europe last year.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; ---Get in touch--- &amp;nbsp; Twitter: @FleetCivil &amp;nbsp; Mastodon: @civilfleet@kolektiva.social &amp;nbsp; Bluesky: @thecivilfleet.bsky.social &amp;nbsp; Instagram: thecivilfleet &amp;nbsp; info@civilfleet.com &amp;nbsp; civilfleet.com &amp;nbsp; --- Show notes --- &amp;nbsp; For more on PICUM, see: picum.org &amp;nbsp; You can read the PICUM report talked about in this episode here:  https:\/\/picum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Criminalisation-of-migration-and-solidarity-in-the-EU-2024-report.pdf&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Follow PICUM on social media: &amp;nbsp; Bluesky: @picumofficial.bsky.social\u202c &amp;nbsp; Twitter: @picum_ngo  Instagram: picum_ngo  Silvia mentioned former Green Party MEP Majid Majid. For more on him, see here: magicmagid.com &amp;nbsp; Ben mentions migrants rights campaigner Zoe Gardner. See episodes 73 and 38 of The Civil Fleet Podcast to hear from her.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Read this report from the Irish Times on the anti-migrant protests blighting Ireland recently;  https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/ireland\/dublin\/2025\/04\/26\/anti-immigration-protest-marking-easter-rising-gathers-crowds-in-dublin\/&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Ben mentions previous episodes of The Civil Fleet Podcast with people-on-the-move who have been criminalised in Greece, Italy and Malta. Here are some of the episodes: &amp;nbsp; Episode 56 focuses on the Homayoun Sabetara case &amp;nbsp; Episode 53 features Nadia, a Lebanese refugee whose husband was accused of smuggling &amp;nbsp; Hanad Abdi Mohammad, a Somalian refugee who was sentenced to 142 years behind bars for supposedly captaining a boat across the Aegean, talks to us in episode 35 &amp;nbsp; Check out episode 29 to hear from South Sudanese human rights campaigner Yambio David Oliver &amp;nbsp; Listen to episode 37 to hear about the El Hiblu 3 &amp;nbsp; Silvia mentions No Name Kitchen. For more on them, see episodes: 63, 59, 58, 51, 41 and 6 &amp;nbsp; For more on the Iuventa case, listen to episodes 54, 24, and 2 &amp;nbsp; Silvia mention Francesca Cancellaro. Check out episode 36 to hear from here, and the Iuventa case &amp;nbsp; Read this for more on Italy's detention of the refugee rescue ship Nadir: resqship.org\/en\/statement-piantedosi &amp;nbsp; Ben makes reference to the British government banning a non-violent protest group banned by the British government. For more on that, see here:  https:\/\/thecivilfleet.wordpress.com\/2025\/07\/05\/the-civil-fleet-podcast-stands-with-palestine-action\/&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; For more on the Kinsa case, see kinsa-case.eu\/the-case-kinsa &amp;nbsp; ","author_name":"The Civil Fleet Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/civilfleet.libsyn.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/37537805\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/37537805"}