27. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libysche Küstenwache beschiesst italienische Küstenwache · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,
Eine offizielle Seite des italienischen Verteidigungsministeriums gibt am Freitagabend bekannt, dass die libysche Küstenwache die italienische Küstenwache am vergangenen Mittwoch den 24.05.2017 13 Seemeilen vor der libyschen Küste beschossen hat. Verletzt wurde niemand. In einem späteren Entschuldigungs-Telefonat habe die libysche Küstenwache mitgeteilt, dass sie das italienische Schiff für ein Flüchtlingsboot gehalten hätten.GRnet.it | 26.05.2017

Difesa: unità navale libica spara contro motovedetta della Guardia Costiera italiana. Nessun ferito

Mercoledì scorso, 13 miglia al largo delle coste libiche, la [B]motovedetta italiana CP 288 della Guardia Costiera[/B] sarebbe stata oggetto di alcune [B]raffiche di arma da fuoco[/B] provenienti da una analoga imbarcazione della [B]Guardia Costiera libica[/B]. La notizia però è trapelata oggi.

 

La motovedetta libica, da quanto si apprende, avrebbe ordinato via radio all’unità italiana di fermare le macchine ma la CP288 si sarebbe data alla fuga, provocando la reazione della controparte libica che avrebbe sparato una raffica di avvertimento a poppa sinistra della vedetta italiana, che riusciva però a distanziare gli inseguitori.

Successivamente, sarebbe arrivata una telefonata di scuse da parte delle autorità libiche – diretta al Comando generale delle Capitanerie di Porto (Maricogecap) – che ha ammesso l’errore dei militari libici,  i quali avrebbero scambiato l’unità italiana per un barcone di immigrati.

Nessuno degli occuparti della motovedetta italiana sarebbe rimasto ferito. La motovedetta CP 288 è stata dislocata da Genova nel Canale di Sicilia in supporto delle operazioni di soccorso ai migranti. Raggiunto telefonicamente da GrNet.it, il Comandante Marini – capo ufficio Stampa della Guardia Costiera italiana – ha affermato di essere all’oscuro di tale vicenda.

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blitz | 27.05.2017

Guardia costiera libica spara contro motovedetta italiana. “Pensavamo fossero migranti”

La Guardia costiera libica spara contro una motovedetta della Guardia costiera italiana. Poi si scusa e in sua difesa dice di aver pensato che si trattasse di una imbarcazione con a bordo dei migranti.

Alcune raffiche di arma da fuoco sarebbero state sparate mercoledì 24 maggio contro la motovedetta italiana CP 288 della Guardia costiera italiana da una imbarcazione degli omologhi libici a 13 miglia al largo delle coste nordafricane. E’ quanto scrive Grnet.it, il sito web su questioni di Sicurezza e Difesa, precisando che nessuno degli occupanti della motovedetta italiana sarebbe rimasto ferito.

Fonti qualificate interpellate a Roma hanno confermato l’episodio, che è avvenuto tre giorni fa, e le successive scuse della Guardia costiera libica. “La motovedetta libica – spiega Grnet – avrebbe ordinato via radio all’unità italiana di fermare le macchine ma la CP288 si sarebbe data alla fuga, provocando la reazione della controparte libica che avrebbe sparato una raffica di avvertimento a poppa sinistra della vedetta italiana, che riusciva però a distanziare gli inseguitori”.

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27. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libyen Italien, UN befürchtet: 500 Boat-people am 24./25.05. ertrunken · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

Am 24.05. haben wir auf FFM-Online berichtet, dass ein Holzschiff mit 500 Boat-people ca. 30 Seemeilen vor der westlibyschen Stadt Zuarah gekentert ist. Die internationale Berichterstattung blieb mit den Meldungen zur Rettung dieser Schiffbrüchiger außergewöhnlich widersprüchlich. Im ersten Moment hiess es, 31 Tote seien geborgen worden, aber 300 Bootsflüchtlinge würden vermisst. Fotos zeigten eine Meeresfläche mit weit zerstreuten Schiffbrüchigen im Wasser. Später kamen Zahlen zu Geretteten, die sich offensichtlich auf andere Flüchtlingsschiffe in Seenot bezogen, aber in den Medienberichten in Eins gesetzt wurden. Jetzt meldet die IOM, dass die UN den Tod von 500 Bootsflüchtlingen bei dieser Schiffskatastrophe befürchtet. IOM und UNHCR führen in der Regel Interviews mit Überlebenden, sobald sie nach Italien gebracht worden sind.

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/27/05/2017/UN-Nearly-500-refugees-feared-drowned-in-Mediterranean

UN: Nearly 500 refugees feared drowned in Mediterranean

27 May 2017 – 11:01  – GENEVA: Nearly 500 refugees are feared drowned after a wooden boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy, the UN migration agency said on Friday. „On Thursday (25 May) a wooden boat carrying approximately 500 people capsized. A day later the IOM is reporting the remains of 34 people have been recovered from that sinking. It is still not known how many more may have died in that incident,“ the International Organization for Migration said in a statement. Weiterlesen »

27. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libysche CG fängt 20 Flüchtlingsboote ab · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

http://english.aawsat.com/theaawsat/news-middle-east/libyan-rescues-20-boats-carrying-thousands-europe-bound-migrants

Libya Rescues 20 Boats Carrying Thousands of Europe-Bound Migrants

Tripoli – The Libyan Navy announced on Friday that it had rescued at least 20 boats that had been transporting thousands of migrants to Europe. They had departed Libya from the city of Sabratha and were headed to Italy. “Large rescue and interception operations are under way,” navy spokesman General Ayoub Qassem said. “Today is the day of a massive exodus of illegal migrants toward Europe.” The Libyan coastguard, fishing and commercial boats were working in coordination with the Italian authorities, he said. A Libyan oil tanker picked up 562 migrants, including dozens of women and children, and took them to Tripoli, a Libyan coastguard official said. Another group of migrants, whose size was not given, were taken to Zawiya, 50 kilometers (30 miles) to the west, this source said. In Rome, the Italian coastguard said it had sent several vessels and rerouted commercial ships to pick up 850 migrants. However, three other boats laden with migrants were in distress.

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27. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Hundreds of migrants rescued in major operation off Libya · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: , ,

https://www.thelocal.it/20170527/hundreds-of-migrants-rescued-in-major-operation-off-libya

Hundreds of migrants rescued in major operation off Libya

AFP 27 May 2017 09:50 CEST+02:00: More than 1,400 migrants seeking to get to Italy were rescued off the coast of Libya on Friday, but other vessels were in distress, according to accounts by Libyan and Italian officials. „Large rescue and interception operations are under way,“ navy spokesman General Ayoub Qassem said. „Today is the day of a massive exodus of illegal migrants toward Europe.“ The Libyan coastguard, fishing and commercial boats were working in coordination with the Italian authorities, he said. A Libyan oil tanker picked up 562 migrants, including dozens of women and children, and took them to Tripoli, a Libyan coastguard official said. Another group of migrants, whose size was not given, were taken to Zawiya, 50 kilometres (30 miles) to the west, this source said. In Rome, the Italian coastguard said it had sent several vessels and rerouted commercial ships to pick up 850 migrants. However, three other boats laden with migrants were in distress.

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25. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für SOS Med: 1004 people rescued – Operations disrupted by gunshots · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: , ,

+++1004 people rescued – Operations disrupted by gunshots+++

Berlin, 24th May 2017

Yesterday, Tuesday 23 May, new levels of disorder were reached in the daily tragedy unfolding in Mediterranean. In just one day, the teams aboard the Aquarius, operated jointly by SOS MEDITERRANEE and Doctors Without Borders, rescued a record 1004 people from 11 boats – 9 rubber boats and two wooden boats.

“This was one of the most complex and tricky rescue operations we have had since the beginning of our mission at sea – an absolute emergency,” said Mathias Menge, Search and Rescue coordinator aboard the Aquarius.

A new level of disorder was also reached, due to the fact that guns were fired by the Libyan coast guard. This unfolded during the rescue operations conducted by SOS MEDITERRANEE and MSF, in cooperation with NGO Save The Children and Jugend Rettet and under the coordination of the MRCC. All the while being monitoring by the Libyan coast guard. Weiterlesen »

24. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libyen, Italien: Schiffskatastrophe heute vor Zuara – 31 Tote · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

Am heutigen Morgen oder Vormittag kenterte ein Schiff mit 500 Boat-people ca. 30 Seemeilen vor der westlibyschen Hafenstadt Zuwarah. 31 Tote wurden geborgen. 200 bis 300 Bootsflüchtlinge sollen im Wasser treiben. Nach unterschiedlichen Angaben von Nachrichtenagenturen und Zeitungen sollen inzwischen „alle“ ins Wasser Gefallene gerettet worden sein, oder aber es heisst, es würden noch „viele“ vermisst.

ANSA.it | 25.05.2017

Migranti: nuovo naufragio al largo della Libia, recuperati 34 corpi

Il bilancio potrebbe aggravarsi, si temono numerosi dispersi

I corpi di 31 persone sono stati recuperati in mare dopo il naufragio di un barcone con a bordo circa 500 migranti diretto verso l’Italia, avvenuto a circa 30 miglia dalle coste libiche, a largo del porto di Zuara. Sono in corso le ricerche di altre persone finite in acqua, ma si temono numerosi dispersi.

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24. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Libyen, Italien: neue Schiffskatastrophe ca. 150 Tote · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

The Japans Times | 24.05.2017

Dozens on sinking dinghy lost at sea, rescued migrants tell UNHCR

ROME – Migrants rescued off the Libyan coast have described discovering a shipwrecked dinghy at sea, saying dozens of people including children were lost to the waves, the UNHCR and IOM said Tuesday.

The migrants, interviewed by the U.N. refugee agency and International Organization for Migration on Monday, said they had set off from Sabratah on Friday in a dinghy carrying 130 people.

Later that day they came across a dinghy that had almost sunk, with four men still clinging to it, who they rescued.

The survivors, four Nigerians, said they had set off from Tripoli a few hours earlier with 156 others, including many women and children, all of whom drowned when their rubber vessel deflated. Weiterlesen »

22. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für UNO ruft Libyen zur Freilassung von Flüchtlingen auf · Kategorien: Libyen · Tags: ,

Blick | 22.05.2017

UNO-Flüchtlingskommissar Filippo Grandi hat Libyen zur Freilassung internierter Flüchtlinge und Asylbewerber aufgerufen. Grandi äusserte sich am Sonntag beim Besuch eines Migrantenlagers in Tripolis «schockiert über die schwierigen Bedingungen».

In solchen Lagern hält Libyen tausende Flüchtlinge fest, die auf dem Weg in die EU abgefangen wurden, teilweise auch im Mittelmeer. Viele von ihnen stammen aus Syrien oder Somalia.

Grandi sagte, er verstehe zwar die Sicherheitsbedenken des libyschen Staates. Er betonte aber: «Kinder, Frauen und Männer, die bereits viel gelitten haben, sollten nicht solche Schwierigkeiten ertragen müssen.» Es müssten «andere Lösungen» für die Menschen gefunden werden, die vor Konflikten wie in Syrien und Somalia auf der Flucht seien.

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21. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für Un barco para responder a la “llamada de socorro” del mediterráneo · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen, Mittelmeer · Tags: ,

noticias de Gipuzkoa | 19.05.2017

La ONG guipuzcoana Salvamento Marítimo Humanitario se une a los bomberos sevillanos de Proem-Aid para financiar una embarcación de rescate que se sume al dispositivo del Mediterráneo Central

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La ONG guipuzcoana Salvamento Marítimo Humanitario, que desde 2015 trata de “salvaguardar” la vida de las personas que huyen de persecuciones por el Mar Egeo, se ha unido a los bomberos sevillanos de Proem-Aid para lanzar la campaña #MaydayTerráneo. Ambas organizaciones realizaron ayer un llamamiento a la colaboración ciudadana para financiar el Proyecto AitaMari que pretende reforzar el dispositivo de rescate independiente del Mediterráneo Central con una embarcación. Para ello, necesitan una financiación de 250.000 euros, de los cuales estas organizaciones ya han puesto 50.000 como “primera piedra”.

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21. Mai 2017 · Kommentare deaktiviert für „5,000 refugees rescued on route to Italy from Libya“ · Kategorien: Italien, Libyen · Tags: ,

Al Jazeera | 20.05.2017

About 5,000 refugees bound for Italy were rescued in waters off the coast of Libya between Thursday and Saturday morning by Italian and Libyan coastguards, according to statements from both countries.

About 2,900 people were rescued on Thursday, 2,300 of whom were found in international waters and taken to Italy, while 580 picked up in Libyan waters were returned to the north African country.

Through Friday until Saturday morning, coastguards rescued another 2,100 refugees packed in 17 vessels, but found the body of one man who drowned, the Italian coastguard said.

The surviving refugees told the Reuters news agency of arbitrary detention, slavery and beatings in Libya.

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