Tag: central Mediterranean

EU-sponsored shameful abuses in the Central Mediterranean must end

March 20, 2024

Rome, 19 March 2024 - Over the weekend of March 16-17, the Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders’s (MSF) team on board the rescue vessel Geo Barents witnessed two violent incidents involving the European Union (EU) funded Libyan Coast Guard that...

New decree obstructs lifesaving rescue efforts at sea and will cause more deaths

January 5, 2023

We, civil organisations engaged in search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea, express our gravest concerns regarding the latest attempt by a European government to obstruct assistance to people in distress at sea.A new law decree, signed...