Tag: people smugglers

  • 5,800 migrants rescued by Italy

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    Huge number rescued at weekend. Mediterranean migrant crisis: Thousands of migrants rescued at sea More than 5,800 migrants have been rescued and 10 bodies recovered off the Libyan coast over […]

  • Mediterranean crisis is unsustainable

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    Calls for intergovernmental contact group. Mediterranean crisis is unsustainable for shipping Peter Hinchliffe, secretary-general of the International Chamber of Shipping The terrible tragedy on April 19 is believed to have […]

  • EU must focus on root causes of migration

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    Analysis of recent EU moves. The EU must focus on the root causes of migration The EU is planning to act against human traffickers in the Mediterranean. But the plight […]

  • Migrants: Libya is Not Somalia

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    The legal issues surrounding migration. Migrants: Libya is Not Somalia Op-ed by David Hammond EU leaders have suggested that military capabilities should be used to deny Libyan human traffickers the […]

  • Mediterranean migrants crisis

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    Analysing the options. Mediterranean migrants crisis: Is military force the solution? By Jasmine Coleman European leaders are scrambling to find a way of stemming the flow of migrants across the […]

  • Transport Malta issues Libya warning to sailors

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    Calls for increased vigilance.  No need for alarm, after Transport Malta issues Libya warning to sailors Transport Malta message urges vessels navigating beyond 50 nautical miles south of Malta to […]

  • 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 […]

  • Libya stops migrant boats

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    Over 600 migrants detained.  Libya stops boats packed with hundreds of migrants leaving for Europe – official TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya has stopped several boats packed with Africans trying to […]

  • 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 […]

  • Smugglers Fire Shots in Migrant Rescue Operation

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    Added danger for rescue teams. Smugglers Fire Shots in Migrant Rescue Operation People smugglers fired several shots on Monday to recover a wooden boat after the migrants it was carrying […]

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