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Libyan coastguard shot at migrant rescue ship in Mediterranean, NGO claims

The non-profit SOS Mediterranee says the MV Ocean Viking was targeted while carrying 87 rescued migrants to safety.

Euronews

Humanitarian group says Libya's coast guard fired on its vessel in the Mediterranean

A humanitarian group says Libya’s coast guard fired upon its vessel as it searched for a migrant boat in distress in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

Armed Bandits Interrupt Migrant Rescue Mission In Mediterranean

Armed bandits hijack migrant boat during rescue mission in the Mediterranean, raising concerns over lack of government support for rescue operations.

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Armed bandits interrupt a rescue of migrants in the Mediterranean off Libya, an aid group says

An aid group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean says one of its missions has been interrupted by armed bandits

The Independent UK

Rebuilding Hope For Migrants Aboard Med Rescue Ship

The shouts ringing out from the makeshift baseball court on the ship's deck are a far cry from the desperation of a few days ago, when the players were plucked from the often fatal waters of the Mediterranean.

International Business Times

Survivors of rescued Mediterranean ship say dozens died during the voyage

At least 60 people died as the boat spent about a week lost at sea after leaving Libya, survivors tell rescuers.

Al Jazeera

Sixty migrants drown crossing Mediterranean from Libya, say survivors

As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned on a vessel carrying migrants across the Mediterranean from Libya, the operators of a charity rescue group said on Thursday.

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Italy's regulations on charities keep migrant rescue ships from the Mediterranean

The Ocean Viking has been impounded, as Italy targets charity groups that operate vessels in the Mediterranean Sea looking for migrants and refugees in distress.

WEKU

Italy confines Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship for 20 days

Italian authorities have detained the Ocean Viking migrant rescue vessel for 20 days over its alleged failure to follow a prescribed route after rescuing dozens of people off the Libyan coast, the ship's operator SOS Mediterranee said Sunday.

Radio France Internationale

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

Italy will allow Ocean Viking to dock and disembark 113 migrants

Italy will allow the Ocean Viking humanitarian ship to dock at an Italian port and disembark 113 people rescued from the waters of the Mediterranean, a French NGO said Tuesday.

France 24

Migrant rescue NGO at centre of Italy-France spat running out of cash

A migrant rescue charity caught up in a diplomatic row between Italy and France last month said on Thursday it urgently needs donations to keep its ship at sea in the Mediterranean.

Reuters

France Accepts Migrant Ship as Row with Italy Blazes

A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday amid a blazing row between France and Italy over which country is responsible for them. The Ocean Viking, operated by a French NGO, had picked up the migrants at sea near the Libyan coast before…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking docks in French port of Toulon after Italian refusal

A rescue ship carrying 230 migrants docked at the French port of Toulon on Friday, maritime authorities said, amid a French-Italian row over which country is responsible for them.

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France insists Italy 'play its part' and allow migrant ship Ocean Viking to dock

France denounced as "unacceptable" Italy's refusal to allow a migrant ship to dock, as the two countries argued over where the ship with 234 people on it should land

Reuters

Migrant rescue ship to head to France after being refused port by Italy

French charity SOS Mediterranee said on Tuesday its Ocean Viking rescue ship was heading for France after Italy's new rightist government refused to take the 234 migrants it has aboard into one of its ports.

Al Jazeera

Italy lets minors, sick off migrant rescue boat but spurns others

Italy allows entry to Humanity 1, but refuses to respond to requests for safe port from three other rescue ships.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded on board NGO ships as storm hits

Three NGO ships are stranded in the Mediterranean as Italy and Malta fail to greenlight entrance into port.

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Norway insists Italy responsible for people stranded on NGO ships

Oslo rebuffs Rome’s claim it should take charge of people rescued by NGO vessels flying its flag.

Reuters

Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded in Med as NGOs urge Italy, Malta to help

Three charity boats carrying almost 1,000 rescued migrants on Wednesday urged Italian or Maltese authorities to welcome them into one of their ports, saying those onboard needed urgent assistance.

The Independent UK

European charity seeks safe port for 460 rescued migrants

The SOS Mediterranee charity is urgently seeking a safe port for 460 people packed onto its Ocean Viking rescue ship

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rescue Ship Picks Up 128 migrants Off Libya Coast

The rescue ship “Ocean Viking” rescued on Saturday 128 men, women and children from an overcrowded inflatable boat off the Libyan coast in the Mediterranean The humanitarian organization SOS Mediterranee, which operates the rescue ship, tweeted that two people were found deceased on the overcrowded rubber boat. “Due to the…

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