Libyen, Zuwara: 3 Öl-Schmuggel-Schiffe von Luftwaffe angegriffen

18. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libyen, Zuwara: 3 Öl-Schmuggel-Schiffe von Luftwaffe angegriffen · Kategorien: Libyen · Tags:

The Libya Observer | 17.04.2017

Libyan air and naval forces form joint operations room to fight fuel smuggling

The fuel and gas crisis committee has announced that air and naval forces had formed an operations room to end the crisis of fuel smuggling from Libya. „All targets are now in sight and the new joint operations room will take the needed action against them once needed.“ The committee said on its Facebook page.

It also stressed that the operations room is getting ready to end this phenomenon on the Libyan coast once and for all.

„Because such an action is related to military operations, the fuel and gas committee has decided to suspend its work and leave it in the hands of this new room.“ The statement on Facebook added.

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Libyen, Italien: Neue Schiffskatastrophe 100 Tote

13. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libyen, Italien: Neue Schiffskatastrophe 100 Tote · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

Libya Herald | 13.04.2017

One hundred feared dead in latest migrant boat sinking

There are fears that some 97 people have drowned off Tripoli in the latest Mediterranean migrant tragedy.

The coastguard managed to rescue 23 people this morning after their boat got into difficulties and sank. Informed by radio about the incident, the service launched a rescue oepration and found the survivors, all men, clinging to wreckage some ten kilometres off Gargaresh, the west Tripoli suburb o

However, coastguard spokesman Ayoub Qassem told Reuters that they had reported that some 120 people had been on board the inflatable vessel, including 15 women and five children.

So far no bodies have been found. Qassem was quoted by another agency saying that bad weather had prevented a search for the victims although, un Tripoli, the weather was sunny and fine.

The migrants are believed to have left from Janzour, west of Gargaresh.

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Spanien: Neue Abschiebeknäste

08. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Spanien: Neue Abschiebeknäste · Kategorien: Spanien · Tags:

eldiario.es | 04.04.2017

Interior anuncia la creación de tres nuevos CIE en Málaga, Algeciras y Madrid

  • El ministro del Interior planea que en estos nuevos Centros de Internamiento no haya policías en su interior, sino que se mantengan en sus inmediaciones
  • ONG denuncian que la propia existencia de los CIE es una vulneración de derechos humanos en sí misma ya que encierran a personas que no han cometido delitos
  • ¿Qué son los CIE? Claves para entender la realidad de estos centros

El ministro del Interior, Juan Ignacio Zoido, ha anunciado este martes la creación de tres nuevos Centros de Internamiento de Extranjeros (CIE): uno en Málaga, otro en Algeciras y un tercero en Madrid. La decisión llega cuando el debate por el cierre de estos centros, denunciados desde hace años por organizaciones de derechos humanos, había llegado a las instituciones.

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„Libyan Coast Guard kills human smugglers off western coast“

07. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Libyan Coast Guard kills human smugglers off western coast“ · Kategorien: Libyen · Tags: ,

The Libya Observer | 06.04.2017

by AbdullahBenIbrahim

Four human smugglers were killed in an exchange of fire with Libyan navy off the western shores on Thursday, a navy official has declared.

Spokesman of the Libyan Navy, Brigadier-General Ayoub Qasim, said Coast Guard patrol boats clashed with heavily armed gunmen escorting an illegal immigrants’ boat after they refused to obey orders to stop.

“The gunmen opened heavy fire at Coast Guard patrols and we had to respond to their fire,” he said, adding that two smugglers were arrested and another is still missing.

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„Fuel and gas crisis committee launches land, sea, and air operation to stem smuggling in Libya“

07. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Fuel and gas crisis committee launches land, sea, and air operation to stem smuggling in Libya“ · Kategorien: Libyen · Tags: ,

The Libya Observer | 06.04.2017

by AbdulkaderAssad

The fuel and gas committee has launched The Mediterranean Storm Operation that means to cut off the routes of international smuggling gangs that are smuggling Libyan fuel off Libyan shores and elsewhere.

„The operation will see a cooperation between the naval force and the air force in Libya.“ The committee said on Thursday.

It added that among other aims, the operation will seize the vehicles used by the smugglers to smuggle Libyan fuel starting from Thursday.

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Libyen: „Serraj again meets US Africom head“

07. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libyen: „Serraj again meets US Africom head“ · Kategorien: Libyen, USA · Tags:

Libya Herald | 05.04.2017

By Jamie Prentis

Presidency Council (PC) head Faiez Serraj was in Germany today to see the head of the United Stated Africa Command (AFRICOM) General Thomas Waldhauser.

In Stuttgart, AFRICOM’s base, both sides looked at how the US and its new administration could support Libya, in particular o combatting terrorism and preventing the reemergence of the so-called Islamic State (IS).

Serraj expressed his gratitude to Waldhauser for US support during the liberation of Sirte when PC-backed forces ousted IS militants from the town.

Both sides discussed the possibility of the US aiding Libyan military efforts via training and “information exchange.”

Waldhauser reiterated the standard US line that it remained supportive of Serraj and his government of national accord.

Serraj has previously visited Stuttgart for talks with Waldhauser before, in August last year. That meeting touched on similar topics, including combatting IS developing Libyan defensive capabilities, military training and information exchange.

Italy “adopts” minor refugees as a 16 years old survives shipwreck

02. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Italy “adopts” minor refugees as a 16 years old survives shipwreck · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

http://www.onuitalia.com/2017/03/29/italy-adopts-minor-refugees-16-years-old-survivor-shipwreck/

Italy “adopts” minor refugees as a 16 years old survives shipwreck

LAMPEDUSA/ROME, MARCH 29 – As one boy, a 16 years old, survived from a shipwreck in the Mediterranean, which may have left up to 146 people dead or missing (140 migrants were in fact saved by another boat, IOM reported later in the week), the Italian Parliament gave final approval to a law outlining comprehensive standards of care for unaccompanied migrant children arriving in Italy, including a strict prohibition of turning them away at the border.

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Italien Niger: 50 Mio für Abschottung

02. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Italien Niger: 50 Mio für Abschottung · Kategorien: Italien, Sahara

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Dall’Italia 50 milioni al Niger per rinforzare le sue frontiere in chiave anti migranti

L’accordo firmato dal premier Gentiloni a Roma. Il contributo sarà scaglionato in quattro tranche condizionate al raggiungimento di obiettivi per sorvegliare i confini con la Liba

Pubblicato il 01/04/2017. Ultima modifica il 01/04/2017 alle ore 07:10. carlo bertini,roma

È solo un primo passo di un percorso accidentato, ma da queste intese bisogna cominciare, se è vero – come dice il premier Paolo Gentiloni – che il problema dei migranti non lo può risolvere neanche il mago Merlino. Ovvero, non si cancella con un colpo di bacchetta magica. Per questo ieri il premier ha firmato a Palazzo Chigi, insieme ai ministri Minniti e Alfano, un accordo con il presidente del Niger, Mahamadou Issoufou. Uno dei Paesi africani – come Nigeria, Somalia, Mali e Costa d’Avorio – su cui l’Ue vuole investire, perché sono quelli da dove partono migranti. «Nessuno vende illusioni sul fatto che i flussi migratori possano sparire d’incanto. Dobbiamo lavorare insieme, anche con l’Europa, e li possiamo ridurre anche in tempi relativamente brevi», sostiene Gentiloni. Weiterlesen »

Intercept: Frontex Rösler und EU-Rückzug aus Seenotrettung

01. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Intercept: Frontex Rösler und EU-Rückzug aus Seenotrettung · Kategorien: Europa, Hintergrund, Italien, Lesetipps, Libyen · Tags: ,

The Intercept | 01.04.2017

ABANDONED AT SEA

Europe Keeps Its Rescue Ships Far From the Coast of Libya — Where Thousands of Refugees Have Drowned

Zach Campbell

THE RESCUERS PREPARE for the calm days, more than the stormy ones.

On land in small towns near the Libyan coast, refugees from Africa and the Middle East are crowded into safe houses, waiting for good weather. When the sea quiets, the refugees pack onto rubber dinghies or large wooden fishing vessels and set off in the early morning toward Europe.

An average of 3,500 people have died each year while trying to make the journey to Italy from North Africa since 2014. Their vessels are overcrowded, unseaworthy, and have a near-nothing chance of making it to Europe. Most of the boats sink just 20 to 40 miles from the Libyan coast.

These are preventable deaths. Since 2014, the European Union has deliberately chosen to keep their coast guard patrol boats far from where the shipwrecks happen, a decision detailed in an internal letter obtained by The Intercept and other leaked documents. Saving more lives, the logic goes, will only encourage more refugees to come. The result is that rescue boats are kept away from where rescues are actually needed.

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Algerien: 29 harraga arrêtés au large de Annaba

01. April 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Algerien: 29 harraga arrêtés au large de Annaba · Kategorien: Algerien, Italien · Tags: ,

Émigration clandestine

29 harraga arrêtés au large de Annaba

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Les éléments du groupement territorial des garde-côtes de Annaba ont intercepté et secouru, dans la nuit du jeudi à vendredi, trois embarcations artisanales à bord desquelles avaient pris place respectivement 13, 8 et 8 jeunes candidats à l’émigration clandestine, avons-nous appris du SAMU et de la Protection civile de Annaba. Agés de 22 à 38 ans, ces jeunes infortunés naviguaient à 8 miles nautiques au nord de Ras El Hamra lorsque les trois embarcations ont été repérées, respectivement vers 0h30, 1h40 et 2h par les forces navales, relevant de la 5e Région militaire. Weiterlesen »