Mediterranean: Pope Francis Calls Exclusion of Migrants “Criminal” as Meloni Vows to Crack Down on Immigration, Med5 Urges Frontex Operations in Third-Countries to Stop Departures, Cycle of Deaths and Distress Continues
Strong defense of migrants from Pope Francis as Giorgia Meloni expected to lead a far-right government coalition in Italy vows to crack down on immigration. Med5 countries float ideas of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) preventing departures from...
Search and Rescue: Tragedies Off the Canary Islands and Greece as Death Count Continue to Rise for People Trying to Reach Europe – Civilian Rescuers Save Thousands of Lives
Dozens of people dead and missing after tragedies off the Canary Islands and Greece as death toll continues to raise across irregular sea routes to Europe. Civilian rescue operators have reportedly rescued and disembarked 10,000 survivors in Italy in 2022 but could...
Central Med: Cypriot Government Looking for EU ‘Solution’ to Increasing Arrivals, More Deaths as Civilian Rescuers Continue to Face Non-Response and Delays of Disembarkation of Survivors
The government in Cyprus is pushing for a broadening of the Instrumentalization Regulation to include the Green Line separating the Island. The death toll on the Mediterranean continues to climb while civilian search and rescuers face non-response and delays of...