Italy Diverts Additional Commercial Ships to Rescue Migrants
The Italian news agency AGI reported that Italian search and rescue authorities yesterday diverted two commercial ships, the Patroclus, a Maltese oil tanker, and the Cdry White, an Italian cargo ship,...
View ArticleFrontex FRAN Report for Q3 2012
In January of this year, the Frontex Risk Analysis Unit (RAU) released its 2012 Third Quarter Report (July – September 2012). (Frontex has since released Reports for Q4 2012 and Q1 2013; we will post...
View ArticleLampedusa – 300 or more dead in latest accident, what can be done to stop...
Italian authorities have so far recovered about 120 bodies from yesterday’s accident a very very short distance from the shores of Lampedusa. Authorities believe there may be more than 150 bodies of...
View ArticleFrontex Periodic Update on the Central Mediterranean
As it does periodically, Frontex yesterday released a short update regarding the “Central Mediterranean Route.” The timing of its release presumably had nothing to do with the October 3rd disaster at...
View ArticleChappatte on the latest disaster at Lampedusa
© Chappatte – http://www.globecartoon.com – Used by Migrants At Sea with permission. © Chappatte – http://www.globecartoon.com – Used by Migrants At Sea with permission. Tagged: Chappatte, Deaths at...
View ArticleStatewatch Analysis – “New EU rules on maritime surveillance: will they stop...
Statewatch last month released a new Analysis of the EU Regulation for Frontex-coordinated surveillance of external sea borders which is scheduled for a plenary vote in the European Parliament in...
View Article“Mediterranean flows into Europe: Migration and the EU’s foreign policy” –...
The EP’s Directorate-General for External Policies just released an Analysis, “Mediterranean flows into Europe: Migration and the EU’s foreign policy,” in which it reviews the EU’s external policies...
View ArticleStatewatch Analysis: The EU’s Planned War on Smugglers
Statewatch has issued an Analysis, “The EU’s Planned War on Smugglers,” written by Steve Peers, Professor of EU Law, University of Essex: “The EU’s Foreign Affairs Council is meeting today to discuss...
View Article20 May – Informal Meeting between Members of UN Security Council and EU...
From “What’s In Blue”: On 20 May, “members of the Security Council will hold an informal meeting with members of the EU Political and Security Committee (PSC). Since this is an informal meeting, it...
View ArticleSecurity Council Negotiations Regarding EU Call for Use of Force Against...
The Security Council Report reports that “[t]he negotiations on the EU draft aimed at tackling the smuggling of migrants on the Mediterranean were still ongoing at press time between some Council...
View ArticleLibyan UN Ambassador to Oppose Security Council Resolution on EU Migrant Plan
AFP reports that Libyan UN Ambassador Ibrahim Dabbashi (representing the internationally recognised Tobruk government) will refuse to consent to a UNSC Resolution authorizing the EU to use military...
View ArticleEfforts to Secure Security Council Resolution on EU Migrant Plan “Paused”
From ANSA: “Preparation of a draft UN Security Council resolution to authorize a European mission against migrant traffickers in the Mediterranean ‘has been suspended until the issue of the consent of...
View ArticleUN Security Council to Vote Today, 8 October, on Resolution Authorising EU to...
From What’s in Blue: The Security Council “is expected to vote [on 8 Oct. 2015] on a resolution aimed at disrupting human trafficking and the smuggling of migrants on the high seas off the coast of...
View ArticleWikiLeaks Releases Restricted Document: EUNAVFOR MED Operation SOPHIA Six...
WikiLeaks yesterday released the ‘EUNAVFOR MED Op SOPHIA – Six Monthly Report’. (Also available here: EEAS-2016-126.) The 22 page document is classified as EU RESTRICTED and provides a detailed...
View ArticleEUNAVFOR MED-Six Month Report: No Indication of Refugee Protection Plan for...
There is a lot of information in the EUNAVFOR MED Operation SOPHIA Six Month Report (also here: EEAS-2016-126) that was released last week by WikiLeaks, but there are two subjects not discussed which...
View ArticleMaltaToday: Italy withholding data on Mediterranean rescue operations from...
An article from yesterday in MaltaToday by Jurgen Balzan reports that Italian authorities are not sharing information with Frontex regarding the number of migrants and asylum seekers rescued at sea in...
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