• About Us
  • Who Are We
  • Work With Us
Friday, June 2, 2023
No Result
View All Result
NEWSLETTER
The Globe Post
39 °f
New York
44 ° Fri
46 ° Sat
40 ° Sun
41 ° Mon
No Result
View All Result
The Globe Post
No Result
View All Result
Home Refugees

NGO Ship Carrying 800 Migrants Pleads for Safe Port

Staff Writer by Staff Writer
11/05/21
in Refugees, World
migrants

File photo: AFP

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

A charity ship carrying 800 migrants pleaded with Italy to assign it a safe port Friday, as attempts to cross the Mediterranean intensified and the Italian interior minister called on the EU for help.

“In just 48 hours, our crew has rescued over 800 people. Among the survivors are children, pregnant women and injured people,” the German NGO Sea-Eye tweeted.

“For all of them, the exceptional situation on board must be ended immediately. We need a safe haven!” it said in reference to the Sea-Eye 4 ship, which was directed towards the island of Sicily.

The vessel had already been carrying nearly 400 people pulled to safety at sea when it raced to the rescue of another 400 people crowded onto a wooden boat on Thursday.

Maltese rescue services, though responsible for maritime emergencies in the area, “did not respond to any of the calls for assistance”, Sea-Eye said.

1/3 In gerade mal 48 Stunden hat unsere Crew über 8️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Menschen gerettet. Unter den Überlebenden befinden sich Kinder, Schwangere und Verletzte. Für alle muss SOFORT die Ausnahmesituation an Bord beendet werden. Wir brauchen einen sicheren Hafen‼️#LeaveNoOneToDie pic.twitter.com/YjBRDLH3vE

— sea-eye (@seaeyeorg) November 5, 2021

Italy is one of the main points of entry into Europe for migrants from North Africa, mainly from Libya and Tunisia, with tens of thousands of people seeking to cross the central Mediterranean each year.

Nearly 55,000 migrants have disembarked in Italy this year, compared to just under 30,000 last year, according to figures from the interior ministry.

Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese met with European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders in Rome Thursday, telling him it was “unfair” that Italy should have to host all new arrivals, particularly in the wake of the pandemic.

“We need strong solidarity from Europe to allow the redistribution of migrants landing in Italy,” she said.

Unlike between 2014 and 2017, when over 90 percent of migrants landing in Italy had set off from Libya, the arrivals are now “well distributed” between Libya and Tunisia, according to Matteo Villa from the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI).

He said numbers from Turkey, Greece and Albania, adding that the departures were driven by the coronavirus pandemic, economic recessions and political instability.

ShareTweet
Staff Writer

Staff Writer

AFP with The Globe Post

Related Posts

Migrants waiting at the Turkish border.
Opinion

Beyond Numbers: Confronting Europe’s Broken Border System

by Eleanor Paynter
May 30, 2023
Myanmar Rohingya refugees look on in a refugee camp in Teknaf, in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, on November 26, 2016
Refugees

US Announces $26M in New Aid for Rohingya

by Staff Writer
March 8, 2023
Refugees on a boat
Refugees

Italy Defends Migrant Policy After Claims of Illegal Rejections

by Staff Writer
November 7, 2022
Mario Draghi
Business

EU Leaders Clash Over How to Tackle Energy Prices

by Staff Writer
October 20, 2022
Ukraine war
Opinion

The Ukrainian Refugee Crisis and the Hierarchies of Western Compassion

by Tazreena Sajjad
April 20, 2022
Ukraine refugees
Refugees

Nearly 3.7 Million People Flee Ukraine, UN Says

by Staff Writer
March 24, 2022
Next Post
Josh Cavallo

Gay Australian Footballer 'Scared' to Play at World Cup in Qatar

Trevor Reed

Former US Marine Starts Hunger Strike in Russian Prison

Recommended

A man holds US, Taiwan flags

US and Taiwan Ink Trade Deal as China Issues Warning

June 2, 2023
Migrants waiting at the Turkish border.

Beyond Numbers: Confronting Europe’s Broken Border System

May 30, 2023
A noose is seen on makeshift gallows as supporters of US President Donald Trump gather on the West side of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021

Militia Leader Gets 18 Years in Prison Over US Capitol Attack

May 26, 2023
Customers queue to enter a re-opened Zara clothes shop

EU Targets Fast Fashion in Push for Durable Goods

May 23, 2023
A billboard showing the debt limit is seen in Washington, D.C.

US Republicans Upbeat on Prospects for Debt Deal

May 19, 2023
Military hardware rolls through Dvortsovaya Square during a Victory Day military parade in central Saint Petersburg

Pressing Russia, US Shares Nuclear Warhead Data Under Treaty

May 16, 2023

Opinion

Migrants waiting at the Turkish border.

Beyond Numbers: Confronting Europe’s Broken Border System

May 30, 2023
A man holding a gun

The NRA’s Continuing Agenda of Fear

May 12, 2023
US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

A Supreme Folly 

April 24, 2023
Transgender Army veteran Tanya Walker speaks to protesters in Times Square near a military recruitment centre

Tennessee Is A Drag on the First Amendment

March 26, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping

China’s Path to Economic Dominance

March 15, 2023
An earthquake survivor reacts as rescuers look for victims and other survivors in Hatay, a Turkish province where hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the earthquake

Heed the Call of Our Broken World

March 1, 2023
Facebook Twitter

Newsletter

Do you like our reporting?
SUBSCRIBE

About Us

The Globe Post

The Globe Post is part of Globe Post Media, a U.S. digital news organization that is publishing the world's best targeted news sites.

submit oped

© 2018 The Globe Post

No Result
View All Result
  • National
  • World
  • Business
  • Interviews
  • Lifestyle
  • Democracy at Risk
    • Media Freedom
  • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Columns
    • Book Reviews
    • Stage
  • Submit Op-ed

© 2018 The Globe Post