Three private humanitarian organizations -- Sea-Eye, Sea-Watch and SOS Mediterranee -- which operate rescue operations in the Mediterranean have called for the immediate release of their migrant rescue vessels, which are still block1
Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio has announced that Italy must "forge an agreement on migratory cooperation with Tunisia" following the "Albanian model" from the late 1990s-early 2000s to control migration flows. The agreement1
The German frigate "Hamburg" set sail from Wilhelmshaven in the north of Germany on August 4. It is expected to reach its Mediterranean patrol zone off the Libyan coast by mid-August. The boat will be part of the EU operation Irini,1
NGO-run ships in the Mediterranean are systematically conducting search-and-rescue (SAR) operations at sea and should therefore follow the requirements of the service they are undertaking on a regular basis, the head of the coast gu1
During August, over 150 volunteers of the Rome-based Catholic Community of Sant'Egidio will take turns to spend their holiday with refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos to offer them assistance.