Tag: Mediterranean
Russia sends new frigate with cruise missiles to Mediterranean
Russia said it deployed its new frigate with long-range Kalibr cruise missiles to the Mediterranean Sea on Monday.
21 migrant bodies wash up in Mediterranean
The bodies of 21 people believed to be migrants trying to reach Spain have washed up on the shores of…
1,500 migrants died in Mediterranean – UN
The UN says for the fifth straight year, 1,500 migrants perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and…
‘For 4th straight year, more than 3,000 dead or missing in Mediterranean’
The number of dead or missing migrants in the Mediterranean has risen above the 3,000 for the fourth year in…
Nigerian lady, 4-day old baby rescued in Mediterranean
A four day-old baby belonging to a Nigerian lady, Mariam Ohene, was among over 480 migrants rescued by humanitarian ships…
Unaccompanied child migrants in Mediterranean doubles
The number of child migrants who crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Italy without family more than doubled to 25,800 in…
Nigerian woman delivers baby on Mediterranean rescue ship
A Nigerian woman has given birth to a boy on board a rescue ship in the Mediterranean after being plucked…
250 rescued as migrants boat capsizes in Mediterranean
Greek rescuers pulled 250 people from the Mediterranean and were searching for more survivors on Friday after a boat with…
Italian authorities rescue over 1000 migrants in Mediterranean
No fewer than 1,151 migrants were pulled out of boats in the Mediterranean sea, off the coast of Libya, in…
Record number of migrants cross Mediterranean, says IOM
(Reuters) – More than 430,000 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe so far in 2015, a record…
More than 4,200 migrants rescued in Mediterranean as crisis grows
ROME (Reuters) – More than 4,200 migrants trying to reach Europe have been rescued from boats in the Mediterranean in…
Italy rescues 900 as migrant flow across Med continues
Italian authorities said Saturday that more than 900 people had been rescued at sea in 24 hours, in a blow…
Italy sounds alarm after rescuing 4,000 immigrants
Italy has rescued about 4,000 immigrants trying to cross the Mediterranean by boats to reach its shores in the past…