Migrants at Sea

Secret Agreement Between Armed Forces of Malta and Libyan Coastguard to Intercept Migrant Vessels Sailing Towards Maltese SAR Zone
The Sunday Times of Malta reported yesterday that “Malta has secretly negotiated an agreement with Libya that sees the Armed Forces of Malta...

Week in Review – 27 January 2019
A Review of Events of the Previous Week in the Mediterranean The death toll IOM: Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 5,266 in 2019; Deaths Reach...

Week in Review – 30 December 2018
 A Review of Events of the Previous [Two] Week[s] in the Mediterranean The death toll IOM: Mediterranean Migrant Arrivals Reach 113,145 in 2018;...

Opinion ‘It’s an Act of Murder’: How Europe Outsources Suffering as Migrants Drown
New York Times Opinion article and short film by Charles Heller, Lorenzo Pezzani, Itamar Mann, Violeta Moreno-Lax and Eyal Weizman: “This short...

EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia mandate extended until 31 March 2019
The Council of the EU issued the following press statement today, 21 December; the Political and Security Committee agreed to extend the mandate on...