Tag: human traffickers
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Libya, Italy in migrant move
No details were given on the location of the centre and how it would operate. Libya and Italy bid to stop flow of migrants Aidan Lewis Libya’s UN-backed government yesterday […]
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Tunisia migrant rescue
Migrant vessel struck naval ship. Tunisian navy rescues 100 migrants, hours after eight drown TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s navy rescued almost 100 migrants from a sinking boat off its southeast […]
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MSF pull a vessel from Med
Reduction in migrants prompts move. Mediterranean: MSF ends mission of search and rescue boat Prudence As a consequence of a drop in the number of boats reaching international waters in […]
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UN Med ops to continue
UN anti-smuggling ops to continue. Security Council re-authorizes operations to disrupt migrant smuggling off coast of Libya The Security Council today extended by one year the authorization for Member States […]
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NGO Med vessel boarded
Incident raises new concerns for NGOs. Rescue ship says Libyan coast guard shot at and boarded it, seeking migrants Steve Scherer ROME (Reuters) – A Libyan coast guard vessel fired […]
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Migrants face new threat
Smuggling gangs in Sabratha face new threat. Exclusive: Armed group stopping migrant boats leaving Libya Aidan Lewis and Steve Scherer TUNIS/ROME (Reuters) – An armed group is stopping migrant boats from setting […]
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UK calls Sophia failure
Operation Sophia “should not be renewed”. EU naval mission has failed to end people smuggling – peers An EU naval mission has failed to achieve its main objective of disrupting […]
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IE Navy for Op Sophia?
Broader role for Irish Navy in Med? Role of Naval Service crews in combating criminal gangs in Mediterranean under review Tom Brady Naval Service crews may be given a bigger […]
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Italy in migrant threat
More than 73,000 migrants have landed in Italy this year. Migrant crisis: Italy threatens to shut ports Italy has threatened to stop vessels of other countries from bringing migrants to […]
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Med migrant deaths pass 2,000
Humanitarian organisations call on EU to stop ‘demonising’ NGOs for saving life at sea Migrant deaths in Mediterranean in 2017 pass 2,000 mark on World Refugee Day after new boat […]
