Migrants
Malta: Immigrants on board four vessels brought to Malta last night
Immigrants who were being kept by Maltese authorities on four vessels in international waters after they were rescued in the Mediterranean, were…
Malta: Migrants in protest aboard Europa II, but no intervention from army yet
A tourist ferry boat chartered by the Maltese government to hold asylum seekers rescued at sea to prevent them from claiming asylum…
Malta: Europe rights body urges action for migrants stuck off Malta
Europe’s leading human rights organization is calling for immediate action to bring to shore some 400 migrants that the Malta government transferred…
Malta: Migrants stranded at sea for more than a month
More than 400 migrants are living aboard pleasure cruise vessels bobbing in the sea off Malta, many of them for weeks now.…
Malta: Unacceptable to leave migrants on Captain Morgan – UNHCR and IMO
The International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), have called on Malta and the other European States to…
Malta: Migrants aboard Captain Morgan boat are on hunger strike – NGO
Migrants being detained aboard one of two tourist cruise vessels at sea have started a hunger strike, an NGO claimed on Tuesday.…
Malta: 50 migrants in distress in Maltese SAR zone
The NGO Alarm Phone has lost contact with the group of 50 migrants who are in distress and have reached out to…
Malta: Another Captain Morgan ship, the Atlantis, chartered to host more migrants
Another vessel owned by Captain Morgan has left Malta to host a number of migrants who were in distress and were rescued…
Malta: Malta will let in 18 migrants; all will be placed under quarantine
Last night Malta coordinated a rescue operation to save 123 migrants who were on board 2 boats. According to government sources, the…
Malta: Government charters second Captain Morgan vessel as another 123 migrants are saved
The government has chartered a second Captain Morgan vessel after another 123 migrants were rescued in two separate operations last night. The…
Malta: 46 migrants in distress in Malta’s SAR zone
The Armed Forces of Malta have been called by the humanitarian NGO Alarm Phone to rescue a boat in distress carrying 46…
Malta: Critical situation on MV Marina carrying 77 migrants – Ship captain
The master of the vessel MV Marina Tuesday morning sent an urgent email to RCC Malta describing as critical the situation on…