Tag: migrant rescue

  • 730 migrants rescued

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    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 […]

  • Libya CG accused

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    Reports that migrants were forced out of boat at gunpoint. Libyan coast guard accused of endangering refugee lives LIBYA – Libya’s Cost Guard stands accused by search and rescue organisations […]

  • Libya CG wants boats armed

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    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 […]

  • New boats for Libyan CG

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    Increases Coast Guard capability. Italy hands over four patrol boats to Libyan Navy The Italian Interior Minister, Marco Minniti, handed over Monday four patrol boats repaired in Italy as part […]

  • Migrant rescue spat

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    Incident occurred about 30 km north of the Libyan coast. Libya Coastguard NGO vessel in altercation Libya’s coastguard intercepted nearly 500 migrants on a wooden boat and returned them to […]

  • UN: 250 migrants missing

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    Large spike in crossings sees more fatalities. Migrant crisis: UN says 250 missing in shipwrecks Nearly 250 people are feared drowned after two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean over the […]

  • New boats for Libya

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    Vessels arrive as more migrants cross Med. Italy provides Libya with two rescue boats The Italian Coast Guard has donated two rescue boats to the Libyan Coast Guard and Navy […]

  • 200 migrants feared drowned

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    This week has seen a huge increase in migrant crossings. More than 200 migrants feared drowned in Mediterranean More than 200 migrants are feared dead in a boat sinking off […]

  • 600 migrants rescued

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    Human traffickers continue sending boats out. Over 600 migrants rescued from Mediterranean, taken to Sicily Some 70 women and children are among hundreds of migrants brought to the shores of […]

  • EUNAVFOR’s Libyan graduates

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    Training programme continues. EUNAVFOR Med graduated the first 89 cadets of Libya’s Coast Guard and Navy by Matteo Meloni The first training course of 89 Libyan cadets of the Coast Guard […]

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