The ruling refers to the police actions against the humanitarian ship captained by Carola Rackete. On Wednesday, the Palermo Court in Sicilia ruled that the Italian state must compensate the German NGO Sea-Watch more than 76,000 euros for expenses stemming from the 2019 blockade of a ship captained by activist Carola Rackete. RELATED: European Migrant […]

The activist stated that the South African delegation was subjected to harsher treatment than the rest of the participants.

After a mechanical failure forced one vessel out of service, the Global Sumud Flotilla insists its aid mission to Gaza remains on schedule.

Italian authorities redirect the Ocean Viking to Sicily after the attack. On Sunday afternoon, the SOS Mediterranee vessel Ocean Viking, carrying 87 migrants rescued hours earlier, was struck by multiple bullets fired from a Libyan Coast Guard patrol boat. RELATED: Humanitarian Ships Rescue Hundreds of Migrants in Central Mediterranean The ship had rescued a vessel […]

A tragic rescue operation unfolded over the weekend as volunteers from the German NGO RESQSHIP recovered the bodies of three sisters — aged 9, 11, and 17 — who drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea in an overcrowded rubber dinghy. The girls had fled war-torn Sudan with their family, hoping to reach the […]

So far this year, more than 39,330 migrants have reached Italy via the central Mediterranean route. In the early hours of Tuesday, the humanitarian vessel Sea-Watch 5, operated by the NGO Sea-Watch, rescued about 100 migrants in the central Mediterranean. RELATED: Greek Coast Guard Rescues 126 Migrants Off Crete Amid Surge in Arrivals The German […]

Previously, Alarm Phone alerted authorities that about 50 people had gone missing after setting sail from the coast of Libya. On Monday, Alarm Phone, a telephone alert organization for maritime rescues, reported that 48 out of 50 migrants died in a shipwreck in the Mediterranean Sea. RELATED: Nearly 3,500 Children Have Died in the Mediterranean […]

Most children attempting to cross the sea are fleeing war, conflict, violence, and poverty. On Tuesday, the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) released data showing that nearly 3,500 girls, boys, and adolescents have died or gone missing while attempting to cross the central Mediterranean migration route to Italy over the past decade. RELATED: […]

Since January 2023, rescue ships owned by these NGOs have been immobilized for 640 days. On Wednesday, the organization SOS Mediterranee presented a report showing that humanitarian NGOs stayed away from migrant rescue zones in the central Mediterranean for 735 days. RELATED: Mediterranean Sea Becomes Mass Grave as UNICEF Reports Over 2,200 Migrants Dead or […]

The authorities instructed the humanitarian ship to disembark them at the ‘remote port’ of Genoa. On Thursday, the Ocean Viking ship dropped off 40 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean on the island of Sardinia but Italian authorities did not allow it to disembark another 45 people. RELATED: Mediterranean Sea Becomes Mass Grave as UNICEF Reports […]