Migrant Rescue Watch

Saturday, January 25, 2020

Head of the Greater Benghazi DCIM inspects Qanfudah Immigration Shelter

* Libya 24.01.20 - Head of the Greater Benghazi DCIM Lt. Col. Ashraf Hussein Howaidi inspected Qanfudah Immigration Shelter and supervised issue of Friday's meal to stranded migrants. The Friday's meal comprised of couscous with chicken and stuffed peppers plus soft drinks & mineral water.

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Thursday, January 23, 2020

Arab Spring Foundation donated blankets & clothing to stranded migrants

* Libya 23.01.20 - The Arab Spring Foundation donated blankets & clothing to stranded migrants and distributed sweets to children at Qanfudah Immigration Shelter / Greater Benghazi.

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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

IMC provides medical assistance to stranded migrants in Asabaa Immigration Shelter

* Libya - On January 12, 2020 International Medical Corps provided medical assistance to stranded migrants in Asabaa Immigration Shelter.

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The Munich Police has no record of any death threats issued against Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm

* Germany 20.01.20 - According to the Press Office of the Munich Police Headquarters from January 20, 2020 there are no investigations pending into presumable “death threats” against Bishop Heinrich Bedford-Strohm of Evangelical Church with seat in Munich. Also none that is or was connected in any way to the engagement in matters of the sea rescue. None up to date and not throughout the entire 2019!

Source: “Der Münchner Polizei liegt keine Morddrohung gegen Heinrich Bedford-Strohm vor.“ 👉 https://www.tichyseinblick.de/kolumnen/alexander-wallasch-heute/nachgefragt-morddrohungen-gegen-heinrich-bedford-strohm/

Libya - 129 stranded migrants returned safely home with IOM assistance

* Libya 21.01.20 - 129 stranded migrants from Sudan returned safely home with IOM assistance.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

France’s interior minister says NGOs help smugglers

G-7 meeting in Paris - Press Conference 05.04.2019

Source: 👉 https://youtu.be/K-XrKJL0THA

France’s interior minister says some aid groups operating in the Mediterranean Sea sometimes act like accomplices to human traffickers.

Minister Christophe Castaner pointed at “a real collusion between smugglers and some NGOs,” including through phone contacts to “facilitate the migrants’ departure from Libyan coasts in appalling conditions.”

The comments at a G-7 meeting in Paris are similar to those of his Italian counterpart, Matteo Salvini, who reaffirmed his hard-line stance on immigration.

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IOM team assisted newly arrived migrants at Janzour Immigration Detention Center

* Libya 20.01.20 - IOM team registered and assisted newly arrived migrants at Janzour Immigration Detention Center in order to expedite completion of voluntary repatriation procedures in accordance with the Libyan immigration law.

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