Tag: EU

  • Concerns over proposed EU migrant tactics

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    Cornered by foreign naval vessels, people traffickers may simply throw their human cargo overboard. Why fighting piracy won’t work as a model for fighting people traffickers By Colin Freeman, Chief foreign correspondent […]

  • EU threatens Thailand over IUU fishing

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    Sanctions unless monitoring brought in. EU threatens Thailand with trade ban over illegal fishing World’s third-largest seafood exporter given six months to clean up its industry where ‘illegal fishing is […]

  • Migrant deaths: EU holds urgent talks

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    Huge death toll over weekend. Mediterranean migrant deaths: EU holds urgent talks EU foreign and interior ministers are due to meet in Luxembourg to discuss the deaths of migrants trying […]

  • EU: Intolerable Inaction Costs Lives at Sea

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    Set Up Robust, Mediterranean-wide Search and Rescue Operation EU: Intolerable Inaction Costs Lives at Sea (Milan) – Reports of 400 lives lost in the Mediterranean between April 11-13, 2015, should […]

  • Shipowners, Unions Urge EU Address Migrant Crisis

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    EU urged to take action. Shipowners, Unions Urge EU Address Migrant Crisis European and global operators of merchant ships have joined forces with seafarers’ unions in a letter urging EU […]

  • EU to stem illegal sea migration

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    Aim to tackle criminal gangs behind migration. EU Sets Up JOT Mare to Stem Illegal Sea Migration The European Union has launched a Joint Operational Team (JOT) Mare to tackle […]

  • MEPs chide India on Italian marines case

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    Indian procedure in fishermen case ‘little bit too long’. MEPs chide India on Italian marines case A European parliament delegation on Monday criticised India’s judicial system in the case of […]

  • EU conclusions on Gulf of Guinea action plan

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    Action needed to combat maritime crime and piracy.  Council conclusions on the Gulf of Guinea action plan 2015-2020 1.             The Council adopts today the annexed Gulf of Guinea Action Plan 2015-2020 […]

  • Med coastguards brace for migrants

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    IMO warns shipping could face 10 times as many migrants as 2014. Med coastguards brace for migrant wave Stephen Spark Europe is facing the prospect of huge increase in migrants […]

  • EU mulls naval blockade of Libya

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    Move could stop illegal oil exports and refugees. EU mulls naval blockade of Libya to controls arms, oil & refugee flows The EU is discussing the possibility of setting up […]

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