Tag: migrants

  • 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 […]

  • Migrants land at RAF base

    First time migrants have landed on British sovereign territory. Migrant crisis: Boats land at UK base RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus Two boats carrying 140 migrants, including children, have landed at […]

  • EU to begin seizing smugglers’ boats

    EUNAVFOR Med gets underway. Migrant crisis: EU to begin seizing smugglers’ boats The EU is beginning a new operation in the southern Mediterranean to intercept boats smuggling migrants. Under Operation […]

  • 1,800 migrants rescued from six boats

    Close to 3,000 refugees have perished so far this year. Over 1,800 migrants rescued from six boats adrift off Libya Over 1,800 migrants were rescued Monday from six vessels found […]

  • Bodies of 95 migrants wash ashore in Libya

    Mediterranean death toll now over 2,600. Bodies of 95 migrants wash ashore in Libya BENGHAZI, Libya — The bodies of at least 95 migrants have been found washed ashore in […]

  • Libya coastguard rescues migrants

    Coast Guard rescues migrants from unsafe boats. Libya coastguard rescues 346 migrants TRIPOLI (AFP) – The Libyan coastguard said it rescued 346 migrants on Tuesday, almost 100 of them women and […]

  • Tunisia’s Naval Forces

    Tunisia was the first country in the Arab world to develop a shipbuilding industry of its own. Tuning into Tunisia: An Assessment of Tunisia’s Naval Forces While much international attention […]