Kurze Reportage: BBC Africa
Libya halts sea patrols
Libyan coast guards say they have stopped patrolling patrolling the high seas to stop migrants from making the perilous journey to Europe through the Mediterranean sea.
Mare Nostrum wird um 2 Monate verlängert, aber auf ein Sparflammen-Programm heruntergefahren. Zugleich kündigt der italienische Innenmister an, dass EU-Flüchtlingslager innerhalb der nächsten 2 Monate in Libyen geschaffen würden.
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FRONTEX PLUS, C’EST DEMAIN
L’opération Frontex Plus en Méditerranée centrale, baptisée Triton selon la tradition mythologique de l’agence de surveillance des frontières extérieures de l’Union européenne, débute demain 1er novembre 2014.
Une déclaration de la commissaire européenne Cecilia Malmström en reprécise les enjeux (europa.eu/rapid), un communiqué de la Commission européenne en détaille les objectifs, l’historique et les moyens (http://europa.eu/rapid).
ICS Reaffirms Migrant Rescue Obligation
By MarEx / Maritime Executive
The rescue of all persons in distress at sea – including illegal migrants – is an obligation under international maritime law, as well as being a long established humanitarian duty, says the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). ICS is the global trade association for commercial ship operators, whose ships are currently involved on a daily basis in the rescue of refugees at sea in the Mediterranean.
Whatever may be decided by policy makers in EU Member States, the legal and humanitarian obligation of merchant ships to provide assistance to anyone in distress at sea will remain unchanged, says ICS.
Commenting on new reports that some European Union Ministers have expressed concerns that search and rescue operations have acted as a ‘pull factor’ for illegal migration, encouraging people to make dangerous crossings in the expectation of rescue, ICS notes that merchant ships are legally required to rescue persons in distress at sea by the UN International Maritime Organization’s Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS), to which virtually every maritime nation is a Party.
Under SOLAS, and the International Convention on Maritime Search and Rescue, the obligation of the ship Master to render assistance is complemented by a corresponding obligation of IMO Member States to co-operate in rescue situations, thereby relieving the Master of the responsibility to care for survivors, and allowing individuals who are rescued at sea in such circumstances to be delivered promptly to a place of safety.
The shipping industry is therefore very concerned by reports that the new EU Frontex operation ‘Triton’ will have a third of the budget of the current Italian ‘Mare Nostrum’ operation which it replaces, that its primary focus will be border control, and that search and rescue operations may be reduced in international waters.
It will clearly be much more difficult for merchant ships to save lives at sea without the adequate provision of search and rescue services by EU Member States. Moreover, whenever a ship performs its legal and humanitarian obligations, it will continue to be incumbent on EU Member States to ensure that those who are rescued can be readily disembarked at the next port of call, even when they may lack documentation.
Additional information at rescue at sea, produced jointly by IMO, UNHCR and ICS, can be found here.
via Repubblica.it
Pozzallo, arrivati in porto 276 profughi
Sono stati tratti in salvo dalla nave „Fiorillo“ della Guardia costiera. Alcuni di loro raccontano che durante la traversata in barcone venti compagni di viaggio sono annegati
Approdata al porto di Pozzallo (Ragusa) la nave „Fiorillo“ della Guardia costiera, con a bordo 276 profughi. Nel gruppo si sono 89 giovani centrafricani che hanno dichiarato di essere i superstiti di una traversata in cui una ventina di loro compagni sarebbero finiti in mare al largo della Libia, e sarebbero annegati.
221 Bootsflüchtlinge, zumeist SyrerInnen, unter ihnen viele Kinder, haben sich geweigert, in Malta von Bord zu gehen. Sie waren von einem dänischen Frachter im zentralen Mittelmeer 285 Seemeilen südöstlich von Malta an Bord genommen worden und nach Malta gebracht worden. Nach 10stündigen Verhandlungen zwischen der maltesischen und der italienischen Regierung wurde ihrem Kampf Erfolg beschert: Sie werden derzeit nach Catania (Italien) gebracht.
Im Zentrum der Studie steht die Schiffskatastrophe vom 11.10.2013, bei der 270 Bootsflüchtlinge starben: wegen bewusster Verzögerung der Seenotrettung durch Italien und Malta
LIVES ADRIFT. REFUGEES AND MIGRANTS IN PERIL IN THE CENTRAL MEDITERRANEAN
Frontex Plus und Frontex Triton, also die Bezeichnungen des künftigen Frontex-Einsatzes im Zentralen Mittelmeer, konzipiert zunächst als Ergänzung, dann als Ersatz der italienischen Mare Nostrum Operation, werden neue Todeszonen für Boat-people im Mittelmeer schaffen. Einerseits sollen die Überwachungen aus der Luft verstärkt werden, andererseits ist der Rückzug aus den internationalen Gewässern geplant. Rettungsoperationen werden voll und ganz den einzelnen EU-Staaten, hier also Italien, aufgebürdet. Da immer mehr Boat-people nicht mehr von Libyen, sondern von Ägypten aus starten werden – angesichts der Kriegssituation in Libyen – wird es vorhersehbar zu mehr Schiffskatastrophen südöstlich von Italien kommen, in der Zone zwischen Kreta und Sizilien. Genau hier werden die Frontex-Meerespatrouillen zurückgefahren werden.
Hier der aktuelle Einsatzplan von Frontex Plus – Triton, Dokument:
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Dix Syriens candidats à l’immigration clandestine arrêtés à la frontière avec la Libye
Un total de dix ressortissants syriens candidats à l’immigration clandestine ont été interceptés dans la nuit de samedi par l’Armée algérienne au moment où ils s’apprêtaient à traverser la frontière avec la Libye, indique dimanche un communiqué du ministère de la Défense nationale, cité par l’agence officielle APS.
Syrian killed by Tunisian border guards as he attempts to enter Libya
By Libya Herald staff
A Syrian was shot and killed and four others injured as they attempted to cross the Tunisian border into Libya, according to the Tunisian Ministry of Interior.
The men were fired upon by members of the Tunisian National Guard after the driver of the car in which they were riding refused a command to stop. Varying sources report there were between 12 and 14 people in the vehicle. It is reported to have been travelling in a restricted area.