04. Oktober 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Mittelmeer: Neue Route nach Sardinien · Kategorien: Algerien, Italien, Libyen · Tags:

Nachdem die libysche Route über das Mittelmeer zunehmend unsicher und gefährlich geworden ist, ist die Zahl der Migranten, die Italien von Algerien aus zu erreichen versuchen, gestiegen.

Il Fatto Quotidiano | 04.10.2017

Migranti, diminuiscono le partenze dalla Libia ma crescono quelle dall’Algeria: la nuova rotta porta gli sbarchi in Sardegna

Con la rotta libica del Mediterraneo centrale sempre più insicura e pericolosa, la via algerina torna una possibile opzione per i migranti irregolari diretti in Italia. I numeri segnano già in aumento: se nel 2016 gli sbarchi sono stati 1.106, ad oggi sono 1.310. Raddoppiati anche i migranti intercettati dalla Gendarmeria nazionale algerina. Il viaggio costa al massimo 700 dollari. “ Quasi nessuno vuole restare. Il loro obiettivo è l’Europa”

di Lorenzo Bagnoli

Da Annaba, al Sulcis. Dall’Algeria alle coste sarde di Carloforte, Sant’Antioco e Porto Pino. La rotta è conosciuta dagli “harraga”- i migranti “che bruciano le frontiere”, come si dice in arabo – fin dal 2005-6. È il punto più vicino dell’Italia al Nord Africa, dopo la Sicilia e Lampedusa, ovviamente. Secondo il quotidiano algerino El Watan, il viaggio costa al massimo 700 dollari: i prezzi sono cresciuti rispetto al 2016.

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03. Oktober 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Italy’s deal to stem flow of people from Libya in danger of collapse“ · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags:

The Guardian | 04.10.2017

Number of people crossing Mediterranean rises again amid power struggle between rival factions in Libyan human-trafficking port

A key pillar of the Italian government’s effort to stem the politically toxic issue of people crossing the Mediterranean from Libya to southern Italy is in danger of collapse as a result of a bloody power struggle in the key Libyan port of Sabratha, the epicentre of human trafficking to Italy.

The Italian prime minister, Paolo Gentiloni, had hailed an 80% drop in the number of migrants reaching Italy in July and August, but the number of migrants suddenly started rising again last month as the Sabratha power struggle unfolded, suggesting rival gangs, fighting for control of the profitable business, may not prove reliable partners for the Italians.

The strategy to stem the flow of people from Libya – largely masterminded by the Italian interior minister, Marco Minniti – is seen by the governing Democratic party (PD) as critical to its fortunes in elections next spring.

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02. Oktober 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Egyptian security forces foil attempt by migrants to enter Libya“ · Kategorien: Ägypten, Libyen · Tags:

ahram | 01.10.2017

Egyptian security forces foiled on Sunday an attempt by 117 people to enter Libya illegally through the border with Marsa Matrouh governorate, Al-Ahram Arabic news website reported.

The Matrouh security directorate says that the majority of those arrested were from Egyptian governorates including Cairo, Minya, Beheira, Sohag and Gharbiya, as well as four from Sudan and one from Eritrea.

Both Egypt and Libya are considered hotspots for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean for Europe.

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29. September 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Italian FM reassures Serraj after Hafter visit to Rome“ · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen

Libya Herald | 28.09.2017

Italian foreign minister Angelino Alfano was again in Tripoli today, this time to reassure Faiz Serraj and the Presidency Council (PC) of the Italian government’s continued support. It follows the visit to Rome this week of Khalifa Hafter at the invitation of the Italian government. It raised fears in Tripoli that Italy was changing policy over Libya, and had resulted in Serraj demanding an explanation from the Italian ambassador.

According to the Italian foregn ministry, Alfano went to Tripoli to stress Italian support for the action plan to promote political dialogue in the country unveiled last week in New York by UN special envoy Ghassan Salamé.

Alfano is also said to have confirmed to Serraj that there was no place for a military solution to the Libyan crisis. The welcome given Hafter, he explained, was simply part of Italy’s desire to speak to all sides and to see Libya united.

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29. September 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für UN will Transitzentrum für Flüchtlinge in Libyen einrichten · Kategorien: Libyen · Tags: ,

Internationale | 29.09.2017

L’Onu vuole aprire un centro di transito per i profughi in Libia

Annalisa Camilli

Un contingente di 250 soldati nepalesi arriverà in Libia in questi giorni per garantire sicurezza alla base militare dell’Onu di Tripoli. Se tutto andrà come previsto, spiega Roberto Mignone, capomissione dell’Alto commissariato delle Nazioni Unite per i rifugiati (Unhcr), all’inizio di novembre anche il personale internazionale dell’organizzazione, che dal 2014 si è spostato a Tunisi per ragioni di sicurezza, potrebbe tornare in Libia in pianta stabile.

La notizia dell’invio delle guardie di sicurezza dell’Onu, che qualche giorno fa era stata data da Ghassan Salamé, l’inviato speciale dell’Onu in Libia, è confermata da Mignone, che è in Italia insieme ad alcuni funzionari del governo di unità nazionale libico guidato da Fayez al Serraj. “La situazione in Libia è molto complicata dal punto di vista della sicurezza anche per il personale dell’Onu”, spiega Mignone a Internazionale. “Il 25 settembre a Tripoli ci sono stati combattimenti e ho dovuto comunicare al nostro personale che sarebbe stato meglio lavorare da casa. Qualche mese fa un nostro convoglio è stato attaccato a trenta chilometri da Tripoli. Per fortuna i colleghi stanno bene, ma la situazione è davvero difficile”.

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28. September 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Vídeo: La ONG Maydayterraneo denuncia que guardacostas libios abordaron su barco y dispararon al aire“ · Kategorien: Libyen, Video · Tags: ,

El Diario | 27.09.2017

  • La ONG ha denunciado que una patrullera de guardacostas libios se „ha aproximado al barco de rescate, ha lanzado un disparo al aire y ha atado un cabo para abordarles“
  • Según ha denunciado la ONG, dos marineros libios subieron a la cubierta y exigieron que les entregasen a las personas rescatadas pero la tripulación se negó
  • En un vídeo, al que ha tenido acceso eldiario.es, puede verse cómo los oficiales libios se acercan dando gritos, lanzan el cabo y saltan al barco de la ONG

La tripulación del barco de rescate de la ONG Maydayterraneo se despertó este martes con la alerta de la localización de varias embarcaciones de refugiados y migrantes en apuros. Después de rescatar a 115 personas, que esperaban exhaustas sentadas en la popa del buque, una patrullera de guardacostas libios los abordó, lanzando un disparo al aire y exigiendo la entrega de los migrantes, según ha denunciado la organización

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28. September 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „El barco guipuzcoano salva 315 vidas“ · Kategorien: Libyen · Tags: ,

El Diario Vasco | 28.09.2017

El Lifeline despacha a guardacostas libios que dispararon al aire para recuperar a los refugiados. Mañana regresará a Malta para efectuar un cambio de tripulación y comenzar el domingo la segunda misión de Maydayterraneo

ESTRELLA VALLEJO

El Mediterráneo sigue siendo testigo del miedo, el hastío y de las ansias de huir de quienes se arrojan al mar esperanzados por que alguna embarcación de salvamento les intercepte por el camino, porque saben que de lo contrario no llegarán a tierra con vida.

El martes, el Lifeline, que inició su primera misión de rescate denominada Maydayterraneo el pasado día 22, logró rescatar a 315 personas que trataban de alcanzar Europa. «Estamos satisfechos», reconocía ayer el donostiarra Iñigo Gutiérrez, uno de los fundadores de la ONG Salvamento Marítimo, en una entrecortada conversación desde el barco que permanece alerta en aguas del Mediterráneo Central.

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28. September 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Fewer clashes in Sabratha but tension remains high“ · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

Libya Herald | 27.09.2017

Clashes continued today in Sabratha, 80 kilometres west of Tripoli, between the Anti-IS Operations Room and the 48th Battalion although the intensity of fighting was much reduced according to an official in the town who asked not to be identified. Occasional firing of both small and heavy weapons could be heard, he said, but no deaths or serious injuries had been reported among either the combatants or the civilian population. The town remained tense, however, he explained.

He claimed that the Operations Room had gained the upper hand so far in the fighting – a claim denied by Ahmed Dabashi, the head of the local Amu brigade which overlaps with the 48th; many members of the former are also members of the latter and thereby receive an official salary. However, this evening there were unconfirmed reports that the operations room had taken Sabratha hospital.

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27. September 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libyen: Videoaufzeichnung in einem Aufnahmezentrum für Migranten in Zawiya · Kategorien: Libyen, Video · Tags: ,

In Zawiya, 50 Kilometer westlich von Tripolis, befinden sich mehrere Aufnahmezentren, in die Migranten gesperrt werden, die von der libyschen Küstenwache aufgegriffen wurden. Der TV-Sender Sky hat sich Zutritt zu einem dieser Zentren verschafft und Berichte der Migranten aufgezeichnet: „Sie beschlagnahmen Geld und Telefone und fordern von unseren Familien eine Ablösesumme.“

Il Fatto Quotidiano | 27.09.2017

Libia, SkyTg24 nel centro di detenzione per migranti di Zawiya: “Ci sequestrano tutto e chiedono riscatti alle famiglie”

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27. September 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „Rescue ship says Libyan coast guard shot at and boarded it, seeking migrants“ · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: , ,

Reuters | 26.09.2017

Steve Scherer

ROME (Reuters) – A Libyan coast guard vessel fired shots and boarded a humanitarian ship in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, demanding that the migrants on board be handed over to them, a spokesman for the Mission Lifeline charity said.

“The Libyan man said: ‘This is our territory,’” said Axel Steier, a spokesman for the German-based charity that performed its first rescues on Tuesday.

“After a while, they fired shots,” he said, probably into the air or sea. No one was wounded.

Afterward two Libyans boarded the Lifeline ship to try to persuade them to hand over some 70 migrants they had just taken off a wooden boat in international waters.

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