Fears for safety of 27 people after Italy orders their rescuers to send them back to Libya

Meanwhile, search for missing boat carrying 500 people in Malta’s SAR zone goes on TWENTY-SEVEN people are feared to have been pushed back to Libya today after Italy ordered the commercial ship that rescued them to head towards the war torn country. The activist-run distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone was alerted to a boat in

Greek coastguard accused of another refugee pushback – days after New York Times published video evidence of refugees being forced out to sea

Alarm Phone says about 115 people were forcibly sent back to Turkey today ACTIVISTS have accused the Greek coastguard of pushing over 100 people back to Turkey today — days after the New York Times shared video evidence of the coastguards abandoning 12 asylum seekers at sea.  The activist-run distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone said

Geo Barents saves hundreds of refugees in just over 24 hours

Meanwhile, the authorities refuse to aid over 800 others aboard the Sea-Watch 3 and Ocean Viking A CIVILIAN rescue ship has saved the lives of over 200 people in the central Mediterranean in less than 48 hours, while the authorities continue to ignore over 800 refugees aboard two other vessels. The Geo Barents, operated by

85 refugees saved, a day after rescuers witness an illegal pushback in Malta’s waters

AN NGO rescue ship has saved the lives of over 80 people off the coast of Libya, a day after witnessing an illegal pushback of refugee inside European waters. ResQ People, a ship operated by an Italian charity of the same name, announced on social media this afternoon that it found a small wooden boat

European authorities ignored civilian rescuers’ mayday calls while they saved hundreds of refugees at the weekend

500 others still stranded in Malta’s waters, Alarm Phone warns CIVILIAN rescuers saved the lives of over 800 refugees in the central Mediterranean at the weekend with no help from the European authorities, who ignored their mayday calls and helped the Libyan Coastguards return hundreds of people to the war-torn country. The Sea-Watch 3, a

Human rights groups demand 2 year trial against the El Hiblu 3 come to an end

‘Instead of being prosecuted,’ campaigners say, the young men ‘should be celebrated for their actions in preventing the return of 108 precarious lives to Libya’ MALTA must call off the trial of three young men who prevented the return of 108 refugees to Libya by commandeering their rescuers’ ship two years ago, an alliance of