Tag: Mediterranean

  • RAF base migrants get deadline

    Migrants could be returned to Lebanon. Migrants at British RAF base on Cyprus given asylum deadline Author: Magdalena Mis Britain has given dozens of Syrian, Palestinian and Lebanese migrants camped […]

  • The ECSA Maritime Security Working Group

    Migrant situation added to remit. Shipowners’ holistic approach to maritime security In a move intended to allow the European shipping industry to stay abreast of recent developments, European shipowners have […]

  • Cyprus to host European marsec meet

    Migrant situation high on the agenda. Cyprus to host European maritime security conference Cyprus is hosting a conference on maritime security in the coming week in which over 100 navy […]

  • Disturbances at UK military base

    Tensions rise among migrants. Migrant crisis: Disturbances at UK military base in Cyprus Footage has emerged showing a series of disturbances by migrants who want to leave a UK military […]

  • Libya Oil Guard halts exports

    NOC declares force majeure Libya Oil Guard Halts Zueitina Port Exports in Politics Rift By Hatem Mohareb, Laura Hurst Libya’s Petroleum Facilities Guard halted crude shipments from Zueitina port indefinitely […]

  • Libya makes migrant threat

    Breakaway government in Tripoli issues veiled threat in response to West’s refusal to accept their legitimacy. Libya warns it could flood Europe with migrants if EU does not recognise new […]

  • Libya accuses Italian navy of violating waters

    Italy’s defence ministry denied any of its ships had violated Libyan waters. Libya accuses Italian navy of violating waters TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya‘s elected government has accused the Italian navy […]

  • 22 drown off Greek islands

    Despite worsening weather conditions, refugees still making crossing. Migrant crisis: 22 drown off Greek islands At least 22 migrants – many of them children – have drowned trying to reach […]

  • 1,000 migrants rescued off Libya

    Multiple navies and Coast Guard vessels rescued migrants. More than 1,000 migrants rescued from boats off Libya: Italy coast guard Rescuers plucked more than a thousand migrants from overcrowded boats […]

  • EUNAVFOR Med ‘needs Libya access’

    No arrests or seizures so far. EU anti-migrant smuggler operation ‘needs Libya access’ By AFP Europe’s military operation to seize and destroy boats used by migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean […]