ACTIVISTS accused the Maltese maritime authorities of violating international refugee laws in two separate events in the Mediterranean this weekend. The first incident happened on Friday afternoon after Alarm Phone, a network which provides support for people crossing the Mediterranean to Europe, alerted the Maltese Armed Forces of a migrant boat in distress within itsContinue reading “Malta allows Libyan Coastguard to intercept a migrant boat within its own search and rescue zone”
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EU border policies have turned the sea into a refugee graveyard, civil migrant rescue fleet charges
THE EU’s border policies have turned the Mediterranean Sea into a refugee graveyard, NGOs charged today after photos emerged of some of the people who died in a recent shipwreck six miles off the coast of Lampedusa. The people pictured on the sea bed by the Italian coastguard drowned after the wooden boat carrying approximatelyContinue reading “EU border policies have turned the sea into a refugee graveyard, civil migrant rescue fleet charges”
NGO rescue ships dismayed by EU’s failure to agree to migrant disembarkation plans
THE civil refugee rescue fleet has expressed dismay over the EU’s failure yesterday to agree to a temporary scheme to distribute refugees saved from a watery grave in the Mediterranean. The emergency mechanism put to the meeting of EU interior ministers in Luxembourg yesterday was drafted by France, Germany, Italy and Malta last month afterContinue reading “NGO rescue ships dismayed by EU’s failure to agree to migrant disembarkation plans”
Migrants in critical condition after five days adrift at sea with broken engine
Activist network Alarm Phone says the EU and Libyan Coastguard’s slow response to the tragedy was reflective of the way they respond to migrant distress calls TWO migrants remained in critical condition after having spent several days adrift in the Mediterranean sea, the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) reported this morning. Alarm Phone, an independent supportContinue reading “Migrants in critical condition after five days adrift at sea with broken engine”
Bleeding pregnant woman one of 45 migrants rescued from wooden ship near Malta
A BLEEDING pregnant woman in need of urgent medical care was one of approximately 45 migrants on board a stranded wooden boat in Malta’s territorial waters today. At 8am this morning the boat she was on contacted Alarm Phone, an independent support service for migrants attempting to reach Europe from across the Mediterranean, saying theyContinue reading “Bleeding pregnant woman one of 45 migrants rescued from wooden ship near Malta”
The Civil Fleet 