The campaign group working to free three young Africans known as the ‘El Hiblu 3’ has delivered an open letter to Malta’s Attorney General. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were arrested and accused in Malta of having committed multiple crimes -- including acts of terrorism and hijacking a ship.
The Maltese interior minister is worried that the number of migrants and refugees arriving on the island could spike soon. That's because the new Italian government is expected to follow a hardline anti-migration policy, following the election victory of the far-right Brothers of Italy.
A Syrian man living in Malta has been charged with human trafficking for allegedly coordinating a migrant boat's arrival into the country, according to Maltese media reports. Police said investigations are still ongoing and that further arrests in connection with the case should not be excluded.
The Pro Asyl charity in Germany has called for the dismissal of the trial against three young migrants accused of terrorism in Malta. The migrants from Guinea and Ivory Coast were rescued in the Central Mediterranean in 2019 by a freighter, which brought them to Malta.
Humanitarian ships in the Mediterranean Sea have rescued nearly 300 migrants in the last few days. On Monday three vessels were waiting for permission to bring the migrants – some of them injured – to safety.
Greek authorities confirmed that a total of 61 migrants have reached the Greek island of Crete after at least one child died of unspecified causes while being airlifted to hospital. The group had earlier been rescued by a cargo vessel.
The fate of around 60 Lebanese and Syrian migrants on a sinking fishing boat in the Mediterranean is unknown after contact was lost on Monday. They had reported running out of food and water, and that two young children on board had died.
Nearly 460 migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by the Ocean Viking ship have disembarked in southern Italy.
It's been nine days since the Open Arms NGO rescue vessel took aboard about 100 people off Sicily. However, the rescuees remain uncertain about what awaits them next, as no port has been assigned to accept them yet.
The EU is facing renewed accusations of funding human rights abuses in Libya. With growing reports of torture, extortion, slavery and murder surfacing from the North African country, migrants are joining the voices of those calling for lasting change.
The civil rescue ship Sea-Eye 4, carrying 87 migrants, was refused permission to enter a port in Malta at the weekend and has continued on to southern Italy in the hope of being able to dock there.
Having spent more than a week onboard the Geo Barents rescue ship in the Mediterranean Sea, 659 refugees have finally been given clearance to disembark in Italy. They are expected to arrive in Taranto on the morning of August 5.