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 ship

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 coast

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

Fury after Malta leaves rescuers ‘in the dark’ searching for 46 refugees it had already saved

Meanwhile, at least 57 lives are lost in a shipwreck off Libya’s coast THE MALTESE authorities deliberately left civilian rescuers searching for hours for 46 refugees that had already been picked up by the authorities. Malta‘s Home Affairs Ministry confirmed today that an Armed Forces Malta (AFM) patrol boat had brought the people to safety

Fairness of the trial against Afghan teenagers accused of burning down Moria refugee camp called into question

Public barred from courtroom and prosecution’s key witness doesn’t show. Elsewhere in Fortress Europe, Libyan Coastguards intercept hundreds of refugees and intimidate NGO rescuers THE FAIRNESS of a trial against four Afghan teenagers today accused of burning down an overcrowded refugee camp in Greece last year has been called into question after the court shut

Refugee support organisation Josoor calls for donations after donor pulls out following Greek authorities’ ‘criminalisation campaign’

Meanwhile, five NGO refugee rescue ships continued to be held in Italy AN NGO that supports refugees in Turkey is appealing for financial help after a donor withdrew a promise of funding following unconfirmed reports that the Greek authorities are investigating its activities. Austrian NGO Josoor said today that it had previously received a written

Doctors Without Borders to resume Mediterranean search-and-rescue missions aboard new ship

At least 17 people drown off the coast of Tunisia having left Libya two days ago THE INTERNATIONAL medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is to resume search-and-rescue operations in the central Mediterranean aboard a new ship. Since 2015, MSF has sent medical crews to work onboard seven NGO refugee rescue ships, most recently with