Tag: Ocean Viking
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New UN report documents systematic crimes against migrants in Libya – but EU Commission keeps own findings secret
A new UN report from Libya describes arbitrary detention, abduction, sexual violence against women, men and children, and the forcible interception of boats in the Mediterranean. The EU Commission appears largely indifferent. The United Nations office in Libya published a…
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Frontex withholds details about people in distress – while this data apparently goes to coast guards in Libya
The EU border agency only passes on limited information about refugee boats in distress at sea to ships in the vicinity, so that the people are picked up by Libya’s coast guard. This is indicated by data from Sea-Watch. The…
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More migration in Italy despite seal-off: Arrivals up by half, many departures now from Turkey
Italy’s Interior Minister Piantedosi admits: The government has not achieved its objectives on Mediterranean migration. The policy continues to be deadly: The IOM has recorded 2750 missing and drowned people. Despite a rigid migration defence policy, Italy’s government has not…
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Complaint against harassment of sea rescuers: EU Commission to examine controversial law in Italy
The Italian law 15/2023 prohibits captains of search and rescue vessels from carrying out more than one rescue per voyage. Five non-governmental organisations are now fighting against this. Five non-governmental organisations filed a complaint with the European Commission last week…