Italy’s far-right government accused of causing further harm to the traumatised refugees on two rescue ships

• Survivors on the Humanity 1 and Geo Barents begin hunger strike in protest against government’s mistreatment • Mission Lifeline disembarks 95 people in southern Italy • Ocean Viking declares emergency and heads to France • Inadequate translations postpone Iuventa pretrial again ITALY’S far-right government is causing further harm to people already traumatised, human rights

Rescuers launch legal action against Italy’s far-right government after it refuses to allow all survivors to come ashore

Humanity 1 and Geo Barents left waiting in port with survivors still on board as over 300 refugees remain at sea on the Rise Above and Ocean Viking AN ACTIVIST-RUN search-and-rescue organisation announced today that it is taking legal action again the Italian government after it refused to allow 35 people rescued in the Mediterranean

Rescuers call on France, Spain and Greece for help as Italy continues to deny safety to 985 refugees

Meanwhile, the Rise Above saves 77 more lives in the Mediterranean as Sea-Watch proclaims new ship a ‘strong symbol against fascism’ RESCUERS called on the maritime authorities in France, Spain and Greece for help today as Italy and Malta continued to refuse to deny safety to 985 people on three NGO ships off their coasts.

Injured five-year-old boy waits for Europe to allow him to come ashore

Having spent three days cramped up on a boat in the Mediterranean, he can’t walk unaided, his rescuers say. He and over 200 refugees remain on the Sea-Eye 4 AN INJURED five-year-old boy is one of eight kids and seven pregnant women aboard a refugee rescue ship waiting for the European authorities to finally allow

Refugee support workers on Lesbos warn of ‘chaos’ on the island as riot police are sent in

Greek cops reportedly tear gas homeless kids as fascist groups attempt to disrupt NGO workers from helping the desperate migrants REFUGEE support workers on the Greek island of Lesbos warned today that the situation for the thousands of people made homeless after Moria refugee camp burnt down three days ago remains dire. “Earlier today the

‘Europe will continue with its border control policies, and we will continue fighting for human rights’

IÑIGO MIJANGOS tells The Civil Fleet how his charity’s ship, the Aita Mari, was seized in Italy after saving the lives of 47 refugees “WE WERE on our way back from Syracuse to Spain when we received a message from Malta of some boats adrift to the south,” Iñigo Mijangos, chairman of the Basque refugee

Germany condemned for introducing new regulations aimed at halting NGO humanitarian ships

EUROPEAN states’ crackdown on NGO refugee rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas escalated today when three German charities were told that new regulations bar their ships from sailing. The three organisations, Mare Liberum, Mission Lifeline and ResQShip, issued a joint statement torday condemning the German Transport Ministry’s amendment of safety regulations relating

Refugees in Moria camp left with no water, no soap and no support against virus

THE Greek government has left refugees detained in the massively overcrowded Moria camp on Lesbos without any supplies or information on the coronavirus pandemic, according to people trapped in the camp. Speaking to volunteers from German refugee rescue charity Mission Lifeline in the camp yesterday, Sayed (not his real name) said the Greek government has

EU called to use decommissioned cruise ships to evacuate refugees from Greece’s migrant camps

Meanwhile Mission Lifeline plans to fly children out from Moria refugee camp as Greek government grounds human rights monitor ship Mare Liberum A REFUGEE rescue charity has called on the European Union to use decommissioned cruise ships to evacuate the thousands of refugees trapped in overcrowded camps on Greece’s Aegean islands. German aid organisation Sea

EU deal with Libyan Coastguard condemned on 3rd anniversary of the Malta Declaration

Around 40,000 people have been intercepted at sea and brought back to war-torn Libya since the 2017 agreement MONDAY marks the third anniversary of a deal struck between the European Union and Libya which has caused tens of thousands of refugees to be pushed back to a war zone — in contravention of international human-rights