Migrant Death Toll Rises To 14 In Greece Shipwrecks: Coastguard

Greece's coastguard on Wednesday said it had recovered 14 bodies from two migrant boat sinkings earlier this week.

Italy is favorite destination: Hellenic Coast Guard rescues over 50 migrants refused to be rescued

 

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Over 11,000 illegal migrants rescued off Libyan coast so far in 2020 — UN – Libyan Address Journal

The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations migration agency, on Monday said that 11,891 illegal migrants have been rescued and returned to Libya so far in 2020, compared with 9,225 in 2019.

Italy says Malta not taking in migrant ship is 'inhumane'

Italy has said that Malta had refused to take in a Dutch-flagged ship carrying more than 200 rescued migrants and said the decision was "inhumane", ten days after shutting its own ports to a migrant vessel.

Libyan navy rescues 137 immigrants off western coast

Libyan navy on Thursday rescued 137 illegal immigrants on two rubber boats off the coast of the city of Zawiya, some 45 km west of the capital Tripoli.

Tunisia Rescues 140 Migrants Off Its Coast

The Tunisian navy rescued 98 Tunisians fleeing to Europe when their boat started to sink off Kerkenah on the southeast coast late on Saturday, the national guard said.

Two NGOs refuse to sign Italy's "code of conduct" for migrant rescues

Two humanitarian groups refused to sign a so-called code of conduct for maritime search-and-rescue NGOs drawn up by the Italian government, and this could have "consequences for the security of their vessels", the Italian Interior Ministry said Monday.

Over 4,000 migrants rescued in Central Mediterranean in 24 hours

Some 4,100 migrants have been rescued in the Central Mediterranean in the past 24 hours, raising the number of arrivals to Italy to 90,000 since the start of the year, according to rescue organizations on Thursday.