Japan releases video of ship collision involving Fisheries Agency and North Korean trawler
The government released video footage Friday showing last week's collision between a Japanese Fisheries Agency patrol ship and a North Korean fishing vessel. "We released (the footage) in the public interest in order to inform people that we are conducting enforcement operations appropriately," agency official ...
Italy retrieves seven bodies from Oct. 7 migrant shipwreck off Lampedusa
Italy has recovered the bodies of a child and six other people from the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea, more than a week after a crowded migrant boat capsized off the coast of the island of Lampedusa. Men from the Italian coast guard, dressed in ...
Japan may release video of North Korean boat's collision with Fisheries Agency vessel
Suspecting illegal fishing, the patrol ship Okuni was badgering the ship with loudspeakers and water cannons before the accident in Japan’s EEZ.
Bodies of 13 women found after crowded migrant boat sinks off Italian isle
Italian coast guard ranks recovered the bodies of 13 women who died after a crowded migrant boat capsized in bad weather as rescue craft approached it off the coast of Lampedusa, local authorities said on Monday. The coast guard said 13 men and nine women ...
The incident took place inside Japan’s exclusive economic zone off the coast of the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture.
Aid ship captain slams EU for outsourcing refugee rescues, vowing to follow code of the sea
The captain of a humanitarian rescue ship who was arrested for docking in an Italian port without authorization took aim Thursday at the European Union for outsourcing to conflict-ravaged Libya the handling of migrants seeking refuge and better lives in Europe. The comments by Sea ...
'Death better than this': Greece's Moria camp refugees decry conditions
Jan Ali Razaiem said he made the long journey from his home in Afghanistan to Greece for a better future for his two sons. Instead, he has been forced to settle for the squalor of Moria, a filthy overcrowded migrant camp on the island of ...
Libya's coast guard intercepts 31 Europe-bound migrants and sends them to detention center
Libya's coast guard says it has intercepted around three dozen Europe-bound migrants off the country's Mediterranean coast. Tuesday's statement by spokesman Ayoub Gassim says the rubber boat with 31 African migrants was stopped on Sunday off the western city of Sabratha. Sabratha is one of the ...
Scores of migrants scattered after being rescued off Libyan coast
At least 71 illegal migrants rescued after four days in distress at sea were brought to shore east of the Libyan capital Tripoli early on Sunday but then fled and no attempt was made to capture them, a navy official said. Libya is one of ...
As the weary passengers aboard a rescue ship approached Sicily at the end of an agonizing journey from North Africa, 30-year-old Seke Awa called a friend back in Libya the moment she got cellphone reception. "I told her we are on the big boat and ...
40 migrants rescued by Danish tanker safely reach Greece port
Greek authorities say 40 migrants rescued by a passing merchant ship from a crippled sailboat off western Greece have safely arrived in port. In a statement, the coast guard said the 34 men, two women and four children disembarked Wednesday in Kalamata, southern Greece. They were ...
Ocean Viking docks in Sicily, carrying 182 migrants rescued off Libya
A humanitarian ship has docked in Italy to disembark 182 men, women and children rescued in the Mediterranean Sea after fleeing Libya. The Ocean Viking arrived in the Sicilian port of Messina with Italy's permission on Tuesday morning. On land, police and the Red Cross ...
