Tag: Sea rescue
Mediterranean Sea: Almost 200 migrants rescued – Politics
Sea rescuers from German aid organizations have taken dozens of migrants on board their ships in the Mediterranean. Sea-Watch steered 72 people on the 14 meter long lifeboat aurora the…
Study on sea rescue: No evidence for the pull factor thesis – politics
The accusation has been around since private organizations (NGOs) have been saving boat people from drowning in the Mediterranean: their presence encourages more migrants to dare the dangerous crossing in…
EU Parliament is working on more effective sea rescue
Status: 07/13/2023 8:31 p.m Hundreds of migrants drowned off the coast of Greece in June. The EU Parliament is now taking the consequences: It passed a resolution in which, among…
Failure to provide assistance: 500 people drowned in Greece
What happened in the Mediterranean last Wednesday around two in the morning, just before the Greek resort of Pylos – the screams, the fear of death, the locked holds, the…
Deadly limits of solidarity – the EU is struggling for its asylum policy – policy
The majority of EU member states now understand migration issues as a serious threat to the cohesion of the European Union. Therefore, in the search for common answers, progress is…
EPP boss Weber calls for federal police operation in the Mediterranean
Status: 06/03/2023 10:12 a.m The leader of the European People’s Party has called for a “new European rescue initiative” for refugees in the Mediterranean. Nevertheless, Weber emphasized that not everyone…
Italy arrests two German sea rescue ships
As of: 06/02/2023 11:07 p.m Two German sea rescue ships have been temporarily detained by Italian authorities. The “Mare*Go” and “Sea-Eye 4” are said to have violated a new law.…
Tunisia: Migrants are leaving the country – Politics
The Tunisian parliament, which has been closed since July 25, 2021, reopened for a session for the first time on Monday. President Kais Saied had deposed the MPs and the…
Italy: Government hinders the work of civilian sea rescuers – politics
The unfortunate showdown between Italy and the civilian sea rescuers in the central Mediterranean is entering a new round – with an open outcome. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government…
Italy significantly restricts the work of civil sea rescuers – politics
High fines, confiscation of ships: the right-wing Meloni government in Rome has issued a decree that makes it very difficult for aid organizations to operate in the Mediterranean. The NGOs…