Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean : French Cruise Liner rescues 18 shipwrecked persons on migration route
Corsica Linea, a French passenger ferry company, announced on Monday that it had rescued 18 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. Euronews reports…
Mediterranean migrant arrivals reach 46,521 in 2019; Deaths reach 909
IOM reports that 46,521migrants and refugees have entered Europe by sea through 28 August, roughly a 32 per cent decrease from the…
Iranian tanker leaves Gibraltar, Iran ready to give it naval escort
An Iranian ship held by Gibraltar since July on suspicion of transporting oil to Syria has left port. The tanker is moving…
Merkel calls for restarting EU migrant rescue mission, emphasizes need to fix root cause of migration
Several months after the EU's migrant rescue mission in the Mediterranean was suspended, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the operation…
Migrant arrivals in Europe in July up slightly from previous month
In July, the number of detections of illegal border crossings on Europe’s main migratory routes rose 4% from the previous month to…
Richard Gere visits migrants stranded in the Mediterranean
Carrying boxes of fruit, Richard Gere visited rescued migrants Friday on a humanitarian ship that has been struck in the Mediterranean Sea…
Photo Story: Large-scale navy drill in the Mediterranean
Israeli Navy's INS Lahav (L), US Navy's USS Donald Cook (2-R), French Navy's Fremm Auvergne (C) and Hellenic Navy's HS Aegaeon (R)…
62 bodies recovered from Mediterranean’s worst tragedy this year
Libya's Red Crescent said Friday its rescue workers had recovered the bodies of 62 migrants a day after one of the deadliest…
SOS Mediterranée resumes migrant rescues off Libya
Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee announced it has relaunched migrant rescue operations off Libya, seven months after it was forced to abandon efforts…
Malta awards oil exploration licence
Malta has awarded a one-year oil exploration licence to Edison International in areas north of the island. The Times reports that the…
EU interior ministers fail to find compromise on Mediterranean refugee rescue
European Union interior ministers meeting in Finland on Thursday failed to strike a stopgap deal to address ongoing disagreements about the bloc's…
44 persons rescued by Alan Kurdi rescue boat in cooperation with Maltese authorities – Sea-Eye
German humanitarian group Sea-Eye says the crew of its ship rescued 44 people from a wooden boat in the Mediterranean Sea. The…