Migrant Rescue Watch

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

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.

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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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Sudanese-Libyan joint forces patrol rescued 107 migrants abandoned in the desert

19.01.20 - Sudanese-Libyan joint forces patrol rescued in Dongola border region 107 migrants of different nationalities who were abandoned in the desert by traffickers without food or water. Migrants upon medical assistance and humanitarian aid were transferred to Dongola Immigration Police Dept. for processing & accommodation.

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NGO cooperation with smugglers is fully indisputable!

🇩🇪 04.11.2019 - German Federal Parliament - Home Affairs Committee hearing

Prof. Dr. Kay Hailbronner: PULL FACTOR & NGO COOPERATION WITH SMUGGLERS IS FULLY INDISPUTABLE❗️

[…] It is fully indisputable that the cooperation of NGOs with smugglers took place. The coordination of operations went so far that sea rescues were already coordinated with contact points using telephone calls and similar […] (VIDEO)

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Monday, January 20, 2020

30 irregular migrants transferred to Kufra Immigration Shelter scheduled for repatriation

* Libya 20.01.20 - 30 irregular migrants including 11 women and 5 children of Sudanese and Chadian nationality transferred from Benghazi Immigration Detention Center to Kufra Immigration Shelter are scheduled for repatriation to respective countries.

Kufra DCIM administration expressed its concern especially for the welfare of large number of women and children transferred in winter season due to lack of proper facilities and support of relevant authorities and international humanitarian organizations.

* [UPDATE] 22.01.20 - Libyan Red Crescent team conducted medical check up and needs assessment prior to repatriation of 10 women & 5 children transferred from Qanfudah branch / Benghazi to Kufra Immigration Shelter.

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Sunday, January 19, 2020

NGOs coordinate with smugglers using social networks!

🔴 Commanding Officer of the Libyan Coast Guard ship "Ras Jadar" Cdr. Mustafà Abu Zeid: "NGOs coordinate with smugglers using social networks" ❗️ (VIDEO)

* SAR Op 23.07.2019 - Libyan Coast Guard ship "Ras Jadar" rescuing 38 migrants TESTIMONY: "After 4 hrs the engine broke down and we were adrift". (VIDEO)

* Italian journalist Lorenzo Cremonesi reporting from on board the Libyan Coast Guard ship "Ras Jadar" for "Corriere della Sera" 👉 "Libia, sulla Guardia Costiera alla ricerca di migranti: intercettato un gommone con 38 persone a bordo" https://www.corriere.it/video-articoli/2019/07/24/libia-guardia-costiera-ricerca-migranti-intercettato-gommone-38-persone-bordo/d700c85e-ae35-11e9-a1b8-dcb2a2e172a0.shtml?refresh_ce-cp

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