Migrants

Malta: Migrants picked up by merchant vessel from Malta SAR zone, taken back to Libya – IOM

A group of migrants who had been stranded inside the Maltese search and rescue area have been taken back to Tripoli, the Libya branch of the International Organisation for Migration…

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Malta: ‘Urging people traffickers is inhumane’, Evarist Bartolo says of migrant rescue NGOs

Foreign Minister Evarist Bartolo said Malta “cannot handle anymore” asylum seekers, as it continues to cope with the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the country. Bartolo took to…

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Malta cannot guarantee rescue of more migrants – Govt

In view of the current Covid-19 pandemic, Malta will not be able to guarantee that it will be in the position to rescue further migrants. In a statement yesterday…

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Malta: Malta tells Germany it will refuse disembarkation to rescued Sea-Eye migrants

The Italian and Maltese governments have told the German foreign ministry they will not agree to disembarkation of migrants rescued by the German migrant rescue charity Sea-Eye, due to the…

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Photo Story: New clashes along Turkish-Greek land border

Migrants clash with Greek police officers as they attempt to cross the closed-off Turkish-Greek border in a bid to reach European soil, in Edirne, Turkey, 04 March 2020. Thousands of…

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71 migrants land in Lampedusa

71 migrants, including two women and a minor, landed, in the pouring rain, in Lampedusa, Italy on Wednesday evening. A Coast Guard patrol boat rescued them in the sea in…

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New controversy between Malta and Italy over saved migrants

The Italian NGO run Mediterranea migrant rescue ship carrying 54 migrants rescued off Libya Thursday has been stopped off Lampedusa according to a landing ban issued by Interior Minister Matteo…

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60 persons rescued off the coast of Khoms by Libya’s Coast Guard

The Libyan Coast Guard managed to rescue 60 persons in the Mediterranean about 92 miles north-west of Al-Khoms city as they were travelling towards European waters According to the…

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Rescued migrants on board container ship in Misrata refuse to disembark

The Libyan coast guard reported Wednesday that migrant passengers aboard a container ship docked at the port of Misrata are refusing to disembark. The migrants, who are from Eritrea, Somalia, Bangladesh and…

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Italy rebuts criticism from UNHCR chief after announcement of investigations on racism and violence against migrants

Italy sharply criticized new U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday after she announced she would send investigators to the country to check reports of racism and violence against…

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Cargo ship Alexander Maersk with 110 rescued migrants on board waiting for instructions in front of Pozzallo

The cargo ship Alexander Maersk, which the Danish flag, and which is carrying more than 110 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, has been waiting for instructions infront of the port…

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Valencia to welcome Aquarius’ migrants on Sunday

BBC: Spain will welcome hundreds of migrants to Valencia on Sunday after they were rescued from the Mediterranean Sea and turned away by Italy and Malta. Three vessels will arrive carrying…

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Tunisia fires officials accused of negligence over shipwreck this weekend which killed at least 66 migrants

Tunisia on Wednesday announced the sacking of officials accused of negligence over a shipwreck this weekend that killed at least 66 migrants. AFP reports that the casualties, mostly Tunisians, drowned when…

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158 persons (amongst which 9 children, 26 women and 36 unaccompanied minors) rescued in the Mediterranean and taken to Sicily

Almost 160 migrants disembarked a rescue ship Friday evening in Sicily, the NGO SOS Mediterranee said, days before hardline anti-immigrant League leader Matteo Salvini is to visit the island as…

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