Tag: Italian coast guard
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NGO threatened in Med
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 […]
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Irish Navy in migrant rescue
Migrant crisis: Irish navy rescues 109 off Libyan coast An Irish navy vessel rescued 109 migrants off Libya’s coast on Sunday, following a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue Co-Ordination […]
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Anti-migrant boat stopped
The C-Star has been stuck just off a peninsula in the Gulf of Suez since Sunday Anti-immigrant ship on its way to stop refugee boats in Mediterranean stopped in Suez Canal […]
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Effort to block Med NGOs
Fears of confrontation at sea. Far-Right group sends ship to Mediterranean to confront ‘criminal’ rescue vessels and block migrants By Nick Squires An extreme Right-wing organisation is sending a boat […]
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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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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 […]
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Marsec in Libya
The risks associated with Libya’s TTW. Contested Seas: Maritime Security in Libya By James Pothecary Introduction On 20 February, the Bahamas-flagged car carrier Morning Compass was seized by militants purporting to represent […]
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730 migrants rescued
730 migrants were picked up in seven separate rescue operations aboard three dinghies and four wooden craft, Italy’s coastguard said today. Ships Rescue Some 730 Migrants In Mediterranean MADRID/ MILAN: Humanitarian […]
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Thousands rescued in Med
Another huge spike in crossings. In 48 Hours 5,000 Migrants Rescued from the Mediterranean There’s no let-up in the migrant influx to European shores. A reported 5,000 were rescued on […]
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Libya CG wants boats armed
Few reports of armed smugglers from NGOs… Libya asks Italy to arm migrant patrol boats Libya on Thursday asked Italy to arm the patrol boats it uses in the fight […]
