Human Element

  • Frontex gets airborne

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    The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) is planning to launch another project that would help the agency in its mission to better protect the borders of the external […]

  • NGO threatened in Med

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    Threats made to NGO group off Libya. ‘Next time you will be targeted’: Libyan coast guard threatens migrant rescue ship Nick Miller London: A Spanish aid group rescuing migrants in the […]

  • 7 jailed for migrant drownings

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    Men get long jail terms. Seven jailed for migrant drownings An Italian court has sentenced seven African migrants to a total of more than 120 years in prison for the […]

  • Pirates and criminal masterminds

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    John Steed discusses modern pirate gangs. Sea pirates of the 21st century are gangs run by criminal masterminds – hostage negotiator The high seas in the 21st century are as […]

  • Inside the Naham 3 negotiations

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    OBP helps the Naham 3 crew to freedom. ‘It made me cry. I don’t cry easily’: Inside the mission to free 26 hostages after 5 years in Somalia The pirates […]

  • UN reports on Somali pirate hostages

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    The report notes that a Kenyan is the only Somali pirate hostage to have been freed so far in 2016. Somalia: Somali Pirates Holding Five Kenyans, 39 Seafarers for Ransom, […]

  • Piracy’s impact on crews

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    New data from Oceans Beyond Piracy. New Report Explores Piracy’s Long-Term Impact on Seafarers More than 3,000 seafarers have been held hostage by Somali pirates since 2001, with a significant, […]

  • US Navy finds El Faro wreckage

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    Sad day for the merchant marine as find confirmed. Missing ship: US Navy confirms it found El Faro wreckage The wreckage found on the seabed off the Bahamas on Saturday […]

  • Taiwan donates to MPHRP

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    Follows donation to Oceans Beyond Piracy. Taiwan contributes to fund to aid piracy survivors Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday with the United Kingdom-based International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance […]

  • EU to arrest people traffickers

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    EUNAVFOR Med gets the green light. EU to arrest people traffickers on high seas An EU operation against migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean which will allow for arrests in international […]

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