A ‘dark chapter for refugee rights’ begins as judge rules Britain can banish refugees to Rwanda

Campaigners and lawyers get 24 asylum seekers off of scheduled deportation flight, but at least seven others have not been so lucky A “dark chapter in global refugee rights” has begun, campaigners said today, as the UK’s Court of Appeal rejected a last-ditch legal challenge to stop the government banishing asylum seekers to Rwanda. The

Activists save over 80 refugees abandoned in Malta’s SAR zone by the European maritime authorities

Meanwhile, the Ocean Viking is finally allowed to disembark some of the 296 people saved by her crew 11 days ago THE EUROPEAN authorities failed once again to respond to a refugee boat in distress in the central Mediterranean today, leaving activists rescuers to save the lives of over 80 people within Malta‘s search-and-rescue (SAR)

Activists mark shipwreck anniversary with call for accountability

About 130 people died in the central Mediterranean on April 22, 2021, despite repeated calls to the authorities REFUGEE rescue and support activists marked the first anniversary of a shipwreck in the central Mediterranean today by reiterating calls for action and accountability for the disaster. About 130 people set sail from Libya on April 20,

EU-supported Libyan Coastguards fire on refugee who jumped overboard and swam towards rescuers

The Louise Michel warns of another atrocity carried out by the so-called coastguards, just days after ICC told to investigate Italy and Malta’s role in possible crimes against humanity in Libya RESCUERS witnessed the Libyan Coastguard shooting at a refugee who jumped into the from one of its patrol ships in the Mediterranean today. The

Greek authorities tear 25 Afghan refugees, including 17 children, from Lesbos and set them adrift at sea

Aegean Boat Report reveals how the Hellenic Coastguard dumped the survivors 200 km away from safety THE GREEK authorities on Lesbos arrested 25 Afghan refugees, including 17 children, on the island of Lesbos on Monday before setting them adrift in the Aegean Sea, a charity warned today. After surviving the dangerous crossing from Turkey and

Italy detains Ocean Viking refugee rescue ship on a technicality

THE ITALIAN authorities have detained a charity-run refugee rescue ship for the second time in just over a year. European charity SOS Mediterranee announced yesterday that the Italian port state authorities have barred its ship, the Ocean Viking, from leaving the port of Tripani on the island of Sicily on a technicality. Following an 11-hour

Channel Rescue launches legal action against British Home Secretary’s plans to push refugees back to France

At least 30 people drown in the Channel today in an ‘macabre coincidence’ with the group’s announcement AN ACTIVIST group is to take British Home Secretary Priti Patel to court over her plans to have the UK Border Force push refugee boats in the Channel back to France. Channel Rescue, a grassroots human rights monitoring

Newborn baby among the 189 refugees civilian rescuers have saved in the Mediterranean since Saturday

Three NGO ships — the Ocean Viking, Nadir, and Geo Barents — operate with little to no help from the state authorities CIVILIAN rescuers have saved the lives of close to 189 refugees, including at least 20 unaccompanied children and a newborn baby, in the Mediterranean since Saturday. The rescues were carried out without the

Another refugee rescue carried out in Maltese waters without the authorities’ help

Sea-Watch 3 allowed to disembark its 257 survivors, but the 550 aboard the Ocean Viking kept waiting Meanwhile, five people trapped with no food or water between the Lithuania-Belarus border CIVILIAN rescuers in the central Mediterranean were left to save the lives of refugees without any help from the authorities again on Thursday night. A

Activists rescue 148 refugees in less than 24 hours

Europe’s Mediterranean human rights crisis described as ‘one of the most grim examples of ineffective and inhumane responses to migration’ after 1,500 people are pushed back to Libya in last three days ACTIVISTS have rescued over 140 people in less than 24 hours in the central Mediterranean. The Astral, a ship run by the Spanish