Malta once again refuses to allow the 27, now on the Mare Jonio, to come ashore. Meanwhile, the Astral carries 276 refugees HOPES were dashed today that the 38-day ordeal for 27 refugees trapped on board a commercial ship blockaded by Malta was to end this afternoon. The Italian rescue organisation Mediterranea: Saving Humans announcedContinue reading “Hopes for an end to the 38-day ordeal for the Etienne refugees dashed”
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Italy grounds the NGO recognisance plane Moonbird
This latest attack on civilian rescuers comes days after leaked emails show German transport ministry designed laws to stop NGO ships REFUGEE rescuers condemned the Italian government today for preventing an NGO recognisance plane from carrying out its monitoring missions in the central Mediterranean. German refugee rescue organisation Sea Watch announced in a video releasedContinue reading “Italy grounds the NGO recognisance plane Moonbird”
‘The EU doesn’t have to shoot refugees; the sea will do the dirty work for it’
NEESKE BECKMANN tells The Civil Fleet what she and the Moonbird reconnaissance plane witnessed when Europe ignored the Louise Michel’s plea for help ON SATURDAY’S mission with our aircraft Moonbird, we were forced to witness once again everything that is wrong with the EU’s border policies. First we spotted the EU-funded, so-called Libyan Coastguard inContinue reading “‘The EU doesn’t have to shoot refugees; the sea will do the dirty work for it’”
‘I don’t know the words to describe the rescue’
Kemo Kebbeh, a refugee who crossed the desert to Libya before being rescued in the Mediterranean from a sinking dingy, tells The Civil Fleet about his journey “OUR boat was taking on water. Everybody was screaming. We were desperate. We didn’t know what to do,” Kemo Kebbeh tells me about the time he escaped Libya.Continue reading “‘I don’t know the words to describe the rescue’”
Malta’s three-week punishment of a merchant vessel could discourage refugee rescues, activists warn
Alarm Phone brands the stand-off, the longest before a European harbour, as ‘yet another low point in Europe’s disastrous actions in the Mediterranean’ THE near month-long stand-off between Malta and a merchant ship carrying 27 rescued refugees will discourage shipping companies from carrying out their international obligation to save lives at sea, refugee-rescuers have warned. TheContinue reading “Malta’s three-week punishment of a merchant vessel could discourage refugee rescues, activists warn”
Shipwreck survivors say gunmen sank their boat
SURVIVORS of a shipwreck off the cost of Libya have told refugee rights activists that armed men shot at their boat, causing the tragedy in which 45 people died on August 17. A rubber boat carrying 82 people left from the Libyan city of Zwara on August 15. Later that evening they contacted Alarm Phone,Continue reading “Shipwreck survivors say gunmen sank their boat”
Europe’s continued blockade of NGO rescue ships condemned as 45 people die in shipwreck off Libya
“THE mountains of corpses in front of Europe’s walls are growing,” warned NGO rescuers today following the deaths of 45 people in a shipwreck off the Libyan Coast. The United Nations’ refugee agency (UNHCR) and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) announced the deaths in a joint statement on Wednesday night. “Some 37 survivors –Continue reading “Europe’s continued blockade of NGO rescue ships condemned as 45 people die in shipwreck off Libya”
Germany orders detention of activists’ ships
Mare Liberum says it won’t accept the blockade of its human rights mission in the Aegean Sea GERMANY delivered a devastating blow today to a human rights organisation operating in the Aegean Sea by ordering the detention of its ships. Not-for-profit association Mare Liberum told the German Transport Ministry last week that it intended toContinue reading “Germany orders detention of activists’ ships”
65 refugees feared dead in shipwreck off Libyan coast
Italian, Maltese, Libyan and Tunisian coastguards accused of rejecting responsibility for refugee distress case in international waters ACTIVISTS have laid the blame for the assumed deaths of 65 refugees in an apparent shipwreck off the coast of Libya this weekend. A boat carrying around 65 people — including two pregnant women — in international watersContinue reading “65 refugees feared dead in shipwreck off Libyan coast”
Spanish NGO refugee rescuers pay tribute to former volunteer after his tragic death
Fernando Garfella passed away this weekend during a solo scuba dive off the coast of Mallorca SPANISH activists and members of the civil refugee rescue fleet have paid tribute to a former volunteer and documentary filmmaker who died in a tragic diving accident at the weekend. Fernando Garfella, 31, failed to resurface during a soloContinue reading “Spanish NGO refugee rescuers pay tribute to former volunteer after his tragic death”
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