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The humanitarian rescue ship Ocean Viking, operated by SOS Méditerranée, rescued 48 migrants on November 26 from a distressed boat off the Libyan coast. The majority of those saved were minors, a fact underscoring the vulnerability of the group. The rescue operation was initiated following a VHF radio alert from a NATO surveillance plane, which […]
Heavy fighting between two influential armed groups on the outskirts of the Libyan capital from Monday to Tuesday August 15 evening left at least 50 people dead and more than 140 wounded, medical sources said on Wednesday August 16. In a “provisional toll” published on Facebook, the Center for Emergency Medicine, which manages rescue operations […]
The Royal Navy coastguards operating in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic have provided assistance to 256 would-be migrants from February 5 to 8. The candidates to illegal emigration, mostly sub-Saharans, included 41 women and 5 children. They were facing difficulties on board makeshift inflatable boats, military sources said. The rescued people received first aid on […]
Royal Navy coastguard, operating in the Mediterranean, on Sunday night, assisted several makeshift inflatable boats that encountered difficulties, said a military source. The boats were carrying 169 sub-Saharan nationals who were attempting to cross to Europe. The immigrants were brought safe and sound to Moroccan Mediterranean ports, the military source added. Also on Sunday evening, […]
Morocco’s royal navy rescued 117 migrants on May 10-11 on board dinghies, a military source told national news agency MAP. The migrants were rescued off Morocco’s Mediterranean coast and were taken to the ports of Ksar Sghir and Nador. Morocco came under pressure as the main gate for migrants looking to reach Europe. So far […]
Morocco’s Royal Navy said it rescued 615 migrants from 31 boats that ran into trouble in the Mediterranean at the weekend while trying to reach Spain. This happens as Morocco becomes a destination and a transit country overtaking Libya as the main entry point for migrants willing to cross the Mediterranean to Spain or to […]