A Russian warship rescued 68 people in the Mediterranean Sea
Russian warship Admiral Gorshkov, file photo A Russian warship rescued 68 people from a boat in the Mediterranean Sea late at night. The Russian Defense Ministry said in its statement…
Mediterranean migrant shipwreck: Swift action needed to prevent new tragedy
Duty to rescue people in distress In a joint statement, refugee agency UNHCR and migration agency IOM, said that the duty to rescue people in distress at sea without delay…
Italy; A boat full of 500 migrants goes missing in the Mediterranean
Two ships have been sent to search for the emigrants; Photo: File Rome: A boat carrying migrants has gone missing off Italy’s southernmost island, with two ships searching for it…
UN rights chief calls for action to address Central Mediterranean Sea migrant crisis
Since 2014, over 26,000 people have died or gone missing crossing the Mediterranean Sea. Most of these deaths or disappearances, over 20,000, occurred in the Central Mediterranean, considered among the…
Central Mediterranean: Deadliest quarter for migrant deaths in six years
IOM’s Missing Migrants Project documented 441 deaths during this period, though the true toll is likely to be higher. Investigations continue into several reports of so-called invisible shipwrecks – cases…