Vídeo para o espectáculo

Foi precisamente há um ano atrás que os actores Filipe Araújo e Susana C. Gaspar chegaram a Lampedusa para recolher material para o espectáculo. Arrancava então o processo de dramaturgia. Partilhamos hoje o vídeo final que integra o espectáculo, no qual estão presentes muitas das imagens dessa semana na ilha.

Montagem de Susana C. Gaspar Música original de Bruno Béu

Notícia: 400 Migrants Reach Lampedusa Over Past Weekend; Detention Centre Over Capacity;

«Two large migrant boats reached Lampedusa over the past weekend.  One of the boats was carrying about 250 persons, believed to be Sub-Saharan Africans, and is thought to have departed from Libya.  The boat was a 15 meter wooden fishing vessel and appears to be one of the first non-inflatable boats used in many months. A second boat carrying about 125 Tunisians arrived around the same time.  Smaller boats carrying mostly Tunisians have been steadily reaching Lampedusa in recent weeks.  (...) 81 Sub-Saharan migrants on a disabled boat were rescued by Italian authorities on Monday.  The detention centre on Lampedusa is over its 350 person capacity and Italian authorities have begun to transfer migrants to facilities elsewhere.

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Fonte: Migrants at Sea

Notícia: O sonho olímpico de Samia Yusuf Omar morreu a caminho de Itália

«O mundo reparou em Samia Yusuf Omar na manhã de 19 de Agosto de 2008: a jovem somali de 17 anos competia nas eliminatórias dos 200m nos Jogos Olímpicos de Pequim. Foi a mais lenta das 52 atletas em prova, com uma marca de 32,16s.

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Os segundos de atenção mediática passaram e Samia regressou à Somália: “Foi uma experiência espectacular. Levei a bandeira da Somália, desfilei com os melhores atletas do mundo”, diria. Quatro anos depois, ninguém deu pela falta de Samia Yusuf Omar em Londres 2012. Agora, chega a notícia de que morreu quando tentava atravessar o Mediterrâneo, de barco, a caminho de Itália.(...)»

Fonte: http://desporto.publico.pt/noticia.aspx?id=1559752

Notícia: UNHCR Reports 54 Persons Dead After Migrant Boat Drifts in Mediterranean for 15 Days

«The UNHCR reported yesterday that UNHCR staff interviewed the sole survivor of a migrant boat that departed from Tripoli for Italy in late June with 55 people on board.  The survivor was interviewed in Zarzis, Tunisia. “According to the survivor, there was no water on board and people started to die of dehydration within days. Many drank sea water, including the man who survived. He was rescued [off the coast of Tunisia] floating on the remains of the [inflatable] boat and a jerry can. According to the survivor over half of the deceased were from Eritrea, including three of his relatives.”  According to the UNHCR press statement “[s]o far in 2012, over 1,300 people have arrived by boat from Libya in Italy. A boat, reportedly carrying 50 Eritreans and Somalis, is currently at sea. They refused to be rescued by Maltese military forces [on 9 July].  Over 1,000 people on 14 boats have arrived in Malta from Libya so far this year. Two other boats were intercepted by Maltese authorities, but the majority elected not to be rescued and continued to Italy.  UNHCR Italy estimates that so far this year some 170 people have been declared dead or lost at sea attempting to make the journey from Libya to Europe.”»

Fonte: UNHCR e Migrants at Sea

Vídeo: Welcome to Italy (Documentary)

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Notícia: Luto no Mediterrâneo continua

LAMPEDUSA, ITÁLIA (ANSA) - Pelo menos 10 imigrantes, sendo seis somalis e quatro eritreus, morreram em alto mar durante uma travessia entre a Líbia e a costa italiana, informaram outros estrangeiros resgatados ontem em um bote próximo à ilha de Lampedusa, no sul da Itália. (...)

Os imigrantes, todos de países da África, contaram que os seus companheiros de viagem teriam se afogado ao caírem no mar. (...)

"É necessário aumentar o monitoramento no [Mar] Mediterrâneo por parte das autoridades dos países costeiros para evitar que se repitam estas tragédias no mar", disse Laura Boldrini, porta-voz na Itália Alto Comissariado das Nações Unidas para os Refugiados (Acnur).

Fonte: http://www.oreporter.com/detalhes.php?id=74943#ixzz1r1FKYgk3

Notícia em Itália: http://www.unita.it/italia/lampedusa-dieci-migranti-morti-br-soccorso-barcone-con-48-persone-1.397823