Ocean Viking: More than 270 migrants rescued
The NGO rescue ship Ocean Viking took on board 274 migrants in three rescue operations off the coast of Libya on Tuesday and Wednesday. Among them are reportedly 22 women and 64 minors.
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480 rescued migrants land in Italy and Malta
Boats operated by non-profit groups have saved over 600 migrants in the Mediterranean within a week. Now, the 403 migrants rescued by the Ocean Viking have disembarked in Italy. Meanwhile, navy boats brought 77 migrants from the vessel Alan Kurdi to Malta.
Greece denies care to severely sick migrant kids, MSF claims
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has accused Greece of deliberately depriving at least 140 children in the Moria camp on the island of Lesbos of adequate medical care for chronic, complex and life-threatening diseases.
'Difficult conditions' for migrant farmworkers in southern Italy, MSF says
Many migrant farmworkers in the Matera region in Italy suffer from diseases linked to poor working and living conditions, and lack sufficient access to public healthcare, Doctors Without Borders says in a new report.
Ocean Viking rescues another 104 migrants
The Ocean Viking has reportedly rescued 104 migrants from a rubber dinghy off the coast of Libya. Among them are 40 minors, ten women and two babies, according to MSF, which operates the migrant rescue ship.
Last five migrants leave the Alan Kurdi rescue ship
The German search-and-rescue vessel Alan Kurdi has completed its current mission after Malta allowed the disembarkation of the remaining five migrants aboard the charity boat.
Mediterranean migrant rescue ship running low on food: Doctors Without Borders
There are 356 migrants on the Ocean Viking ship, which has not been allowed to dock by Italian and Maltese authorities for two weeks. The vessel picked up several groups of migrants but is running out of food.
Ocean Viking rescue ship picks up 251 migrants off Libya
Doctors Without Borders and SOS Mediterranee, which operate the new migrant rescue ship, say the mainly Sudanese men and adolescents were picked up off the coast of Libya during three rescue missions.
SOS Mediterranee says will not force entry Italy ports, no to Libya
The organization SOS Mediterranee has said that it is back at sea due to a lack of EU migrant rescue initiatives. It underscored that it will not force entry into Italian territorial waters but that it will also not take migrants back to Libya.
MSF warns of healthcare emergency in Libya, 22 dead
The humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said that there is a ''catastrophic situation'' in Libyan detention centers that it visited. Over the past nine months, it noted, 22 people have died from suspected tuberculosis and other diseases in two detention centers south of Tripoli.
Mediterranean: Over 1,100 migrants dead in one year, MSF and SOS Mediterranee say
It's been one year since Italy announced it was closing its ports to humanitarian vessels. Since then, at least 1,151 men, women and children have been reported dead while over 10,000 have been forcibly taken back to Libya and exposed to further suffering, SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) say. They want EU states to change their policies.
MSF says Tunisia not 'place of safety' for refugees
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Tunisia cannot be considered a place of safety for migrants and refugees because the country has no functioning asylum system. Meanwhile, a ship with 75 rescued migrants on board is still waiting for permission to dock in Zarzis, Tunisia.