In a tragic incident off the coast of Tunisia, two migrant boats capsized, resulting in the drowning of at least 27 individuals, including women and children. Authorities report that 83 people were rescued, while searches continue for the missing. The…
Médecins sans frontières (MSF) announced the cessation of its migrant rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean due to increased sanctions from Italian authorities, which have led to significant immobilization of their humanitarian vessel, the Geo Barents. MSF criticized the extreme…
Doctors Without Borders has withdrawn its rescue ship, the ‘Geo Barents,’ from the Mediterranean due to increasingly stringent Italian legislation. The organization, which has rescued over 94,000 people since 2015, cited the impracticality of continuing operations under current laws that…
The Ocean Viking vessel operated by SOS Méditerranée rescued 34 migrants off the coast of Libya, with most originating from Syria and The Gambia. Despite this relief, the organization expressed sorrow and anger over a recent tragedy near Sfax, Tunisia,…
An 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone was rescued by the German charity Compass Collective after spending three days at sea as the sole survivor of a shipwreck near Italy’s Lampedusa island. She had set off on a boat from Tunisia…
