Tag: Sea rescue
Sea rescue: Italy only lets selected boat people ashore. – Politics
In the port of Catania, Italy’s new right-wing government is currently demonstrating how it intends to deal with private sea rescuers in the future. And everything indicates that she will…
Italy wants to close its ports to migrants again – opinion
Italy is preparing to resume the fight against private sea rescuers in the Mediterranean – and to close its ports. This should also help an old acquaintance who has fallen…
Series “Liberame – after the storm” – media
You have actually arrived. The Sabia family from Syria, Ismail and Zahra, the teenager Said, the short-tempered uncle Bilal. And Akono Chuke, a young man from Nigeria. They all dared…
Refugees: No chance in Tunisia – Politics
As many migrants and refugees are arriving in Lampedusa and Sicily as they were last eleven years ago. Italian authorities often counted more than 1,000 migrants and refugees within 24…
Mediterranean: Where is Europe’s sea rescue?
The number of refugees in the Mediterranean is increasing drastically again, more than 1000 have already drowned this year. The federal government wanted to do something about it. Why the…
EU: Head of the border protection agency Frontex, Leggeri, resigns – Politics
The controversial head of the European border protection agency Frontex resigns. Fabrice Leggeri offered this in a letter to the agency’s board of directors on Thursday, and he has the…
Sea rescue: "Sea-Eye 4" receives safe haven in Pozzallo
The ship took in 216 migrants. It is still unclear when they will be allowed to disembark. The ship “Ocean Viking” is still waiting for a port to call at.…
SZ Economic Summit: About Media, Courage and the Climate Crisis – Economy
Pinar Atalay still remembers how it was in the early summer of 2019. How she and her colleagues sat together in the editorial office of the public news program “Tagesthemen”…
“Sea-Eye 4” brings almost 850 migrants to Sicily – Politics
Full lifeboats are arriving in Italy again, there are bigger ones than we have seen since 2017. Despite bad weather, despite high waves in the central Mediterranean. “Maxi sbarco”, write…
Richard Gere is a witness in the trial of Matteo Salvini in Palermo – Politics
A controversial court case in Palermo gets a touch of Hollywood, at least in a supporting role. Film star Richard Gere, 72 years old, known for example from “Pretty Woman”…