Migrant Rescue Watch: 2020

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Libyan Coast Guard and Coast Security rescue 11,356 migrants at sea

[UPDATE] 09.11.2020

Libyan Coast Security between 25.10 - 02.11.2020 rescued at sea 329 migrants incl. 25 women and 12 children.

IOM Libya - Maritime Update 03 - 09.11.2020 - So far in 2020 Libyan Coast Guard and Coast Security rescued 11,356 migrants at sea incl. 766 women and 638 minors. Source: IOM Libya

[UNHCR UPDATE October 2020] Libyan Coast Guard - Activities at Disembarkation. Source: UNHCR Libya

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#SAR #LibyanCoastguard #migrants #migrantcrisis #TogetherForRescue #Frontex #Seenotrettung #LibyscheKüstenwache #wirschickeneinschiff #SeaWatch #OpenArms #OceanViking #AlanKurdi #together4rescue #UNHCR

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Libyan Coast Guard rescues 9,955 migrants at sea

[UPDATE] 27.10.2020

IOM Libya - Maritime Update 20 - 26.10.2020 - So far in 2020 Libyan Coast Guard rescued 9,955 migrants at sea incl. 672 women and 535 minors. Source: IOM Libya

[UNHCR UPDATE September 2020] Libyan Coast Guard - Activities at Disembarkation. Source: UNHCR Libya

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Monday, September 14, 2020

Libyan Coast Guard rescues 8,435 migrants at sea

[UPDATE] 14.09.2020

IOM Libya - Maritime Update 08 - 14.09. 2020 - So far in 2020 Libyan Coast Guard rescued 8,435 migrants at sea incl. 572 women and 448 minors. Source: IOM Libya

[UNHCR UPDATE August 2020] Libyan Coast Guard - Activities at Disembarkation. Source: UNHCR Libya

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Saturday, August 8, 2020

Libyan Coast Guard ship "Zuwara" rescues 66 migrants

SAR Op 04.08.20 - Libyan Coast Guard ship "Zuwara" rescued 66 migrants including 5 women stranded on a boat at sea with stalled engine. All rescued disembarked safely in Al Khums and were provided with medical and humanitarian aid.

Nationality of rescued: Comoros 2, Gambia 14, Guinea-Bissau 4, Guinea 9, Mali 2, Nigeria 16 (incl. 5 women), Senegal 3 and Sudan 16.

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Libyan Coast Guard rescues 6,848 migrants at sea

[UPDATE] 07.08.2020

IOM Libya - Maritime Update 27.07 - 03.08. 2020 - So far in 2020 Libyan Coast Guard rescued 6,848 migrants at sea incl. 474 women and 364 minors. Source: IOM Libya

[UNHCR UPDATE July 2020] Libyan Coast Guard - Activities at Disembarkation. Source: UNHCR Libya

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Sunday, June 14, 2020

Libyan Coast Guard rescues 4,231 migrants at sea

[UPDATE] 10.06.2020

UNHCR Flash Update: Libyan Coast Guard as of June 10th, 2020 rescued 4,231 migrants at sea.

Source: https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/UNHCR%20Libya%20Update%2012%20June%202020.pdf

UNHCR Update - May 2020 "Libyan Coast Guard - Activities at Disembarkation"

Source: https://data2.unhcr.org/en/documents/download/77089

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Friday, May 22, 2020

Qanfoudah Immigration Detention Center repatriates 236 migrants

* Libya 11.04.20 - On orders of LNA General Command and Ministry of Interior 236 migrants incl. 8 women and 1 child stranded at Qanfoudah Immigration Detention Center were transferred to Kufra Immigration and Deportation Center and are scheduled for repatriation to their respective countries. Nationality of migrants: Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia and Sudan.

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Malta Government accuses NGOs of facilitating smugglers' business model

* Malta 10.04.20 - Malta Government: "NGOs operations in the Mediterranean facilitate directly or indirectly the business model of people smugglers!

Source: https://foreignandeu.gov.mt/en/Government/Press%20Releases/Pages/Malta-should-not-carry-the-burden-of-migrant-trafficking-.aspx

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Libyan Coast Guard ship "Ras Jadar" rescues 277 migrants

* Libya SAR Op 09.04.20 - Libyan Coast Guard ship "Ras Jadar" in 3 separate night operations rescued 277 migrants incl. 7 women and 2 children. All rescued were returned to Tripoli and received medical and humanitarian assistance. Upon initial delay and final confirmation that migrants did not travel outside of Libya the special #COVID19 Task Unit granted permission for disembarkation.

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Libyan Coast Guard ship "Zuwara" rescues 67 migrants

* Libya SAR Op 07.04.20 - Libyan Coast Guard ship "Zuwara" from Central Sector rescued 67 migrants from 1 boat. Migrants disembarked safely at Al Khums. Upon medical and humanitarian aid all rescued were released. Nationality of rescued: Sudan 57, South Sudan 7, Chad 2 and Gambia 1 (all male).

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German NGO false claims of a "rescue" - "Alan Kurdi" pre-arranged pick up of Bangladeshi migrants

NOT A RESCUE! Just another pre-arranged NGO pickup that almost ended in tragedy! This pickup was advertised on Bangladeshi human smugglers' Facebook for almost a week!

(DE) KEINE RETTUNG sonder eine weitere vorab arrangierte NGO-Abholung die fast in einer Tragödie endete! Für diese Abholung wurde bereits eine Woche lang beworben auf bangladeschischen Menschenschmuggler Facebook!

[EXAMPLE] NGOs IN CAHOOTS WITH SMUGGLERS & HUMAN TRAFFICKING MILITIAS IN LIBYA since 2016! Even the German TV gets an exclusive insider access to human smuggling operations in Zuwara!

[BEISPIEL] NGOs STECKEN UNTER EINER DECKE MIT SCHMUGGLERN UND MENSCHENHANDELSMILIZEN IN LIBYEN seit 2016! Sogar das deutsche Fernsehen erhält einen exklusiven Insider-Zugang zu Menschenschmuggeloperationen in Zwara!

Source: https://twitter.com/SPIEGELTV/status/1196468363897294849?s=20

* German NGO "Sea-Eye" collusion with Libyan human smugglers and trafficking militias (10.06.2017)

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Disinfection of Coastal Security headquarters in Tajoura

* Libya 04.04.20 - Youth volunteers with assistance of Fire Department carried out disinfection tasks of all facilities at the headquarters of General Administration of Coastal Security in Tajoura. #COVID19

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Suq al Khamis DCIM administration orders disinfection of all facilities

* Libya 04/05.04.20 - DCIM in cooperation with IOM and Kafa'a Development Foundation initiated a campaign of disinfection and cleaning of facilities at Suq al Khamis Immigration Detention Center in Al-Khums. Also an awareness campaign has been launched to prevent the risk of contracting #COVID19 conducted by Efficiency Foundation and WHO Health Department. Migrants in addition received cleaning products supplied by IOM staff.

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