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EU officials meet to strengthen border agency as activists sue over alleged migrant abuses

European Union officials are meeting to strengthen border controls and curb migration

The Independent UK · Oct 1

Germany and Italy clash over migrant rescue ships and returns

Berlin and Rome are increasingly at odds over who should rescue migrants in the Mediterranean — and which country should ultimately take responsibility for them. Are private rescue ships offering vital aid or ultimately helping people smugglers?

Euronews · Aug 25

Baby dies of hypothermia as migrants reach Lampedusa overnight

A baby girl only a few weeks old was pronounced dead on arrival on the island of Lampedusa after crossing the Mediterranean from Tunisia in a small boat with her mother and sister. An investigation has been opened.

Euronews · May 16

‘Bloody policies’: MSF recovers 11 bodies from Mediterranean off Libya

European countries accused of complicity in deaths due to migration policies after charity vessel retrieves 11 corpses.

Al Jazeera · Jun 8, 2024

Rescue group decries Libya coastguard ramming into migrant boat

Video from Sea-Watch International shows Libyan coastguards crashing into a dinghy with dozens of migrants on board.

Al Jazeera · Sep 30, 2023

41 dead in migrant shipwreck according to 4 survivors who set off from Tunisia

Forty-one people are believed dead after a migrant boat capsized off Tunisia

The Independent UK · Aug 9, 2023

Italy detains two NGO vessels for defying new migrant rescue law

Rescue ships Sea-Eye 4 and Mare*Go have been blocked for 20 days for flaunting Italian legislation they call ‘unjust’.

Al Jazeera · Jun 3, 2023

About 500 onboard boat in distress in Mediterranean, NGO says

NGO Emergency says Maltese authorities so far failed to heed calls for a rescue as boat takes on water in bad weather.

Al Jazeera · May 24, 2023

Group Says Libyan Coast Guard Fired Shots over Rescue Ship

Libya’s coast guard fired warning shots over a humanitarian vessel as it attempted to rescue a rubber boat carrying migrants off Libya's coast, a sea rescue group said.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Mar 26, 2023

NGO: Libyan Coast Guard threatened to shoot down plane

The German non-governmental organization Sea-Watch is accusing the Libyan coast guard of threatening to shoot down their monitoring plane that helps documented the interception of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK · Oct 26, 2022