The Sea-Watch 4 rescue ship, now carrying 463 people, still waits to be assigned a port as a storm approaches EUROPEAN maritime authorities have refused to come to the aid of over 400 people travelling across the Mediterranean in an overcrowded boat, activists warned today. The refugee distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone first alerted theContinue reading “Activists hit out at Italy, Malta and EU after they refuse to send help to over 400 refugees from sinking boat”
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Italy and Malta refuse to allow 475 rescued people to come ashore
Prominent human rights lawyers demand ICC investigate possible crimes against humanity in Libya and warn of EU’s role in the crisis BOTH Italy and Malta are refusing to allow 475 people, including many pregnant women and children, who would have drowned in the Mediterranean were it not for NGO rescuers, to reach dry land. TheContinue reading “Italy and Malta refuse to allow 475 rescued people to come ashore”
10 more refugee lives lost on ‘the world’s deadliest migration route’
Meanwhile, three activists are to stand trial in Greece after saving thousands of lives in the Aegean Sea AT LEAST ten more refugee lives have been added to the growing number of those lost in the central Mediterranean so far this year. The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Tuesday night thatContinue reading “10 more refugee lives lost on ‘the world’s deadliest migration route’”
Over 500 refugees rescued in the absence of the authorities still wait for Europe to allow them to come ashore
The Aita Mari and Sea-Watch 3 rescuers call Malta, Italy and the European Commission to comply with their own laws OVER 500 refugees saved from drowning in the central Mediterranean by activist rescuers in the absence of the European authorities are still waiting for Europe to do its duty and allow them to come ashore.Continue reading “Over 500 refugees rescued in the absence of the authorities still wait for Europe to allow them to come ashore”
No lives lost during difficult refugee rescue mission in the Mediterranean
Sea-Watch 3 saves 412 lives in waters off the coast of Libya in several operations since Sunday NO LIVES were lost during a difficult refugee rescue mission in the central Mediterranean today when a heavily overcrowded boat split in half, sending some into the water. Fortunately the well-trained crew of the Sea-Watch 3 rescue shipContinue reading “No lives lost during difficult refugee rescue mission in the Mediterranean”
Refugees ‘systematically subjected to a litany of abuses’ from the moment they enter Libya, new UN report warns
Sea-Watch’s reconnaissance plane convinces a merchant vessel not to abandon 70 people in the Mediterranean MIGRANTS and refugees heading to Europe are “systematically subjected to a litany of abuses” from the moment they enter Libya, the UN warned today. A fact-finding report commissioned by the UN Human Rights Council and published today states that “theContinue reading “Refugees ‘systematically subjected to a litany of abuses’ from the moment they enter Libya, new UN report warns”
686 people survive Mediterranean crossing in an overcrowded fishing boat
Meanwhile, the 60 refugees aboard the NGO ship Geo Barents are finally allowed to reach Italy eight days after they were rescued OVER 680 people crammed into a decrepit fishing vessel survived a journey across the Mediterranean last night. The Italian customs police intercepted a 15-meter-long vessel carrying 686 people four miles off the coastContinue reading “686 people survive Mediterranean crossing in an overcrowded fishing boat”
Another refugee evacuated from NGO ship as rescuers wait two days for Europe to assign them a port
Meanwhile, the Sea-Watch 4 heads to Spain for repairs after being detained in Italy since May A REFUGEE has been medically evacuated from an NGO ship, his civilian rescuers said today as they continue to wait for the European authorities to provide them with a port. The Ocean Viking saved the lives of 58 peopleContinue reading “Another refugee evacuated from NGO ship as rescuers wait two days for Europe to assign them a port”
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. AContinue reading “Another refugee rescue carried out in Maltese waters without the authorities’ help”
More than 800 refugees on two rescue ships wait for authorities to allow them to come ashore
The Ocean Viking, Sea-Watch 3, and Nadir wait hours and hours for authorities to help MORE than 800 refugees onboard two civilian-run rescue ships in the central Mediterranean urgently need to come ashore, their rescuers said today — but the European authorities have so far ignored their calls. The Ocean Viking, now carrying 553 survivors,Continue reading “More than 800 refugees on two rescue ships wait for authorities to allow them to come ashore”
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