Mediterranea says police raid and investigation is aimed at smearing NGO refugee rescuers

‘We will not stop because of this sad and predictable attack; we will continue to be at sea,’ the NGO says AN ITALIAN NGO refugee rescue organistion said yesterday it would not stop its life-saving missions in the Mediterranean after the police launched a dawn raid on the company that manages its ship, crew and

43 people rescued after weekend of refugee pushbacks to Libya

Rescuers on board the Mare Jonio have witnessed four interceptions in two weeks at sea AN NGO rescue ship saved the lives of 43 people stranded in the Mediterranean this morning after twice witnessing the EU-supported Libyan Coastguard intercept refugee boats over the weekend. The Mare Jonio, a rescue ship operated by Italian organisation Mediterranea

Baby born on a dinghy in the Mediterranean pulled back to war-torn Libya

NGO rescuers tried to reach the refugees’ before the EU-supported Libyan Coastguard intercepted them A BABY born on a dinghy in the central Mediterranean was intercepted and returned to a war zone last night by the EU-supported Libyan Coastguard. On Friday afternoon a boat carrying around 95 people contacted Alarm Phone, an activist network that

NGO rescue ships finally released after month-long seizure in Italy

Meanwhile, a refugee woman gives birth on a dinghy stranded off the coast of Libya TWO REFUGEE-rescue ships detained in an Italian port for over a month were finally given permission to leave today as refugees attempting to cross the Mediterranean continued to be pushed back to Libya. Italian authorities seized the Alan Kurdi and

First refugees rescued off the Libyan coast in 8 weeks as the Sea Watch 3 saves the lives of over 90 people

EU using chartered planes to organise the Libyan Coastguard’s interceptions of refugee boats, NGOs’ report shows RESCUERS today carried out their first mission off the coast of Libya since Italy seized two charity ships eight weeks ago. Sea Watch 3, a vessel operated by German charity Sea Watch, reported at about noon that it had

The Mare Jonio sets sail for the central Mediterranean following 24 hours of refugee tragedies

Twenty bodies found from shipwreck off Tunisian coast yesterday, while the IOM reports the Libya Coastguard returned 185 people to war-torn country ANOTHER NGO refugee rescue ship is making its way to the central Mediterranean following a day of tragedies. The bodes of at least 20 people were found off the coast of Tunisia yesterday

Malta must drop charges against 3 refugees who took control of their rescuers ship, activists demand

‘Resisting illegal push-backs to Libya is not a crime,’ Free the El Hiblu 3 campaign says MALTA must drop all charges against three young men who prevented the illegal return of more than 100 refugees to Libya last year by commandeering their rescuers’ ship, campaigners demanded today. On March 26, 2019, the merchant vessel El