Lesbos: Schiff gesunken, Boat-people ertrunken

25. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Lesbos: Schiff gesunken, Boat-people ertrunken · Kategorien: Griechenland, Türkei

They are looking for 4 missing people and have saved 16 say the greek media

One of the missing is a 2 year old little girl. In the artikel one of the survivors said that the facilitator who had forced them by gun to embark the small boat, forbid them later to put on a rescue light and call on the fone for help when the boat was full of water …

We are trying to get more information by getting in contact with the survivors.

The boat was a small fiber glass boat (usually these boats are for 4-5 people max) that was not in good conditon Some of the survivors claimed that they didnt want to get in the boat but they were forced to do so by the smaglers. Very soon while they were still in Turkish sea waters the engine of the boat stopped and water started to come in. They tried to take the water out (probably they tried to call for help) but in one point the boat captisized and people fell in the sea.

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EU Pilotprojekt: Schnellabschiebungen – Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesch

25. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für EU Pilotprojekt: Schnellabschiebungen – Ghana, Nigeria, Pakistan, Bangladesch · Kategorien: Europa, Nicht zugeordnet · Tags:

Pilot Initiative on Return to Third Countries

„Pilot Initiative on Return to Third Countries.

Non-paper of the Commission Services and EEAS:  state of play and next steps in view of discussions in COASI and COAFR

The pilot initiative on return was discussed originally in the JHA Council in March 2014 as a Dutch  initiative  proposing  to  use  the  leverage,  available  in  overall  bilateral  relations  with particular third countries, in order to improve the return rate of irregular migrants from the EU Member States to those countries. Following this discussion, in its June 2014 conclusions on return,  the  JHA  Council  endorsed:  „launching  an  initiative  on  a  pilot  project  concerning  a number of selected third- countries of origin […] [ in order] to mobilise all adequate means in the framework of the more for more principle, to stimulate the selected pilot third countries to comply with their international obligations, to improve return rate“. […]“

Marokko: Menschenrechtsorganisationen im Protest

25. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Marokko: Menschenrechtsorganisationen im Protest · Kategorien: Marokko

Maroc : La justice condamne le ministère de l’Intérieur à verser 100 000 dh à l’AMDH

L’AMDH vient de gagner une bataille contre le ministère de l’Intérieur. La justice a affirmé que les explications présentées par la défense de la wilaya de Rabat pour justifier l’interdiction d’une activité de l’ONG, datant du 27 septembre, sont nulles et non avenues.

Presque dix jours après la plainte déposée contre le ministère de l’Intérieur, la justice vient de donner raison à l’AMDH. Le Tribunal administratif de Rabat a prononcé un verdict en faveur des camarades d’Ahmed El Hayej. La cour a précisé que la décision de la wilaya de la capitale interdisant une activité de l’ONG prévue fin septembre, au siège de la Bibliothèque nationale, est nulle et non avenue et ne repose sur aucune base juridique.

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Griechenland: Hungerstreik syrischer Flüchtlinge vor Parlament

25. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Griechenland: Hungerstreik syrischer Flüchtlinge vor Parlament · Kategorien: Griechenland · Tags: ,

Syrian refugees stage hunger strike outside Greek parliament

Protests for rights of asylum seekers enter sixth day.

Syrian refugees sit with their mouths sealed with a tape, as they participate in a hunger strike in Athens on November 24, 2014.(AFP/LOUISA GOULIAMAKI)

Frustrated with their living conditions, Syrian refugees in Greece are staging a protest in front of the country’s parliament. The refugees have camped out in Athens‘ Syntagma Square since November 19 and recently began a hunger strike .

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Ceuta Melilla EU-Zaun: Wachsende internationale Kritik – NYT

25. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Ceuta Melilla EU-Zaun: Wachsende internationale Kritik – NYT · Kategorien: Marokko, Spanien · Tags:

New York Times

„At Spanish Enclave, a Debate Over What Makes a Border

[…] In response to the legal challenge, the Spanish government has argued that reaching or even crossing the three fences around Melilla’s nearly seven-mile border is not enough to claim asylum. Instead, Madrid has recently argued that the migrants must cross what it calls an “operational border” — set wherever the last line of police security stands. Those arguments have been criticized by the European Commission — the executive arm of the European Union — as well as by some Spanish lawyers. […]

„Mittelmeer: Binnen 96 h mehr als 1000 Flüchtlinge aufgegriffen“

23. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Mittelmeer: Binnen 96 h mehr als 1000 Flüchtlinge aufgegriffen“ · Kategorien: Griechenland, Italien, Libyen, Türkei · Tags:

SPIEGEL ONLINE

Binnen 96 Stunden mehr als 1000 Flüchtlinge aufgegriffen

REUTERS /Guardia Costiera

Mehr als 700 Flüchtlinge vor der italienischen Küste, knapp 300 vor der Küste Nordzyperns: Die vergangenen Stunden zeigen, wie bedeutend die Seenotrettung im Mittelmeer ist. Gerade dort will die europäische Politik aber sparen.

Rom/ Nikosia – Die Küstenwache hat vor Nordzypern rund 300 Menschen geborgen, auf dem in Seenot geratenen Schiff drängten sich viele Frauen und Kinder. Die mutmaßlich aus Syrien stammenden Migranten seien am Sonntag in eine Sporthalle der Küstenstadt Girne gebracht und medizinisch untersucht worden, meldete die Nachrichtenagentur Anadolu.

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300 Boat-people von Türkisch-Zypern gerettet

23. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für 300 Boat-people von Türkisch-Zypern gerettet · Kategorien: Griechenland, Türkei · Tags:

Anadolu Agency

Hundreds of migrants stranded off Cyprus coast rescued

One of the survivors told AA each migrant paid about $6,500 to human smugglers to escape the war in Syria in the hopes to reach Europe

GIRNE, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus

Turkish-Cypriot coast guards rescued Sunday hundreds of migrants who got stranded on a vessel that broke down near the Northern Cyprus‘ coast, an official statement said.

The 50-meter-long vessel, Haj Zaher, carried an estimated 300 migrants, including around 40 women, one of whom was said to be pregnant and 35 children.

The vessel was adorned with a Tanzanian flag and broke down 4.5 miles away from the port city of Girne in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

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Italien: 800 Boat-people 20. und 22.11.2014

23. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Italien: 800 Boat-people 20. und 22.11.2014 · Kategorien: Griechenland, Italien, Libyen · Tags:

California Telegraph

Nearly 800 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

Nearly 800 people have been rescued from boats in distress in the Mediterranean Sea in the last 48 hours, Italian and Libyan officials said.

The Italian coastguard said on Saturday that it rescued at least 520 people from five boats in Libyan waters late on Thursday, in response to distress signals from the boats headed towards Sicily.

An additional 171 people were also rescued during the overnight mission in the waters north of Tripoli.

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Porto Empedocle: 1.700 Boat-people in 7 Tagen

22. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Porto Empedocle: 1.700 Boat-people in 7 Tagen · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags:

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Porto Empedocle

In arrivo 600 migranti soccorsi nel Canale di Sicilia

PORTO EMPEDOCLE (AGRIGENTO) – È previsto nel pomeriggio l’arrivo nella banchina Todaro a Porto Empedocle del pattugliatore d’altura CP 920 ‚Gregoretti‘ della Guardia costiera con a bordo 600 migranti, soccorsi nel Canale di Sicilia nel corso di sei distinte operazioni di salvataggio condotte dall’unità tra ieri e l’altro ieri.

Le operazioni di sbarco saranno coordinate dalla sala operativa della Capitaneria di Porto. Personale della Guardia costiera fornirà inoltre assistenza in banchina agli operatori socio-sanitari e al dispositivo delle forze di polizia, diretto dall’autorità di polizia, cui i migranti – dopo il nulla-osta allo sbarco da parte dell’ufficio di sanità marittima, aerea e di frontiera – saranno affidati per gli adempimenti di rito ed il successivo trasferimento presso idonee strutture. Quello di oggi è il quinto sbarco in 7 giorni a Porto Empedocle, per un totale di oltre 1.700 migranti – e, purtroppo, anche 2 cadaveri – giunti a Porto Empedocle nel corso della settimana (più di 17.200 i migranti, oltre a 4 cadaveri, sbarcati dall’inizio dell’anno).

Flucht über Libyen, trotz Grenzschließungen

22. November 2014 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Flucht über Libyen, trotz Grenzschließungen · Kategorien: Ägypten, Algerien, Italien, Libyen, Tunesien · Tags:

ACLI Bergamo

Libia, continuano le partenze. Un trafficante: “Non è cambiato niente”

Solo nel fine settimana sono 4 le imbarcazioni partite verso il Canale di Sicilia. Due i barconi già usati e ritrovati ad Al Bouri, nonostante Alfano avesse assicurato che sarebbero stati distrutti. Parla un trafficante: “Chi lavorava con barconi in buone condizioni quando gli italiani erano in mare, continuerà a farlo. E anche chi metteva in acqua barche da suicidio“

Nancy Porsia

Le intemperie che si sono abbattute sul Canale di Sicilia hanno di certo contribuito a diradare e rallentare le partenze dei barconi dalla sponda Sud del mediterraneo, tuttavia non hanno fatto indietreggiare di un millimetro i migranti laggiù, in attesa della tregua dal maltempo per tentare la grande traversata. Lo scorso fine settimane, con il sole e il mare piatto, quattro barconi sarebbero partiti dalla Libia, hanno raccontato a Redattore Sociale alcune fonti locali. Domenica mattina due barconi sono stati rinvenuti abbandonati nei pressi della piattaforma petrolifere off-shore Al Bouri, operata dall’ENI. Al Bouri si trova a circa 70 miglia dalla costa libica, sul versante occidentale del Paese.

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