Tag Archives: Libyan Coastguard

The commander of the sea front in Borqan Ak-Qdab operation, Colonel Reda Issa, said on Wednesday, that a patrol has seized an Italian fishing vessel 47 miles northeast of Misurata. The ship, which was named “Tramontana”, was fishing in libyan waters under the sovereignty of the Libyan state, he added. …

On Friday, the border patrol of the Coast Guard rescued 110 illegal immigrants of African nationalities off the coast of Khoms. Among those rescued were 25 women and 7 children. The International Medical Corps have provided assistance to the immigrants and they were received by the Center for the shelter …

Following the meeting of the Central Mediterranean Contact Group on Monday, Amnesty Switzerland has called on the group to make it easier for migrants to be resettled in European countries by increasing refugee quotas, allowing family reunions beyond the scope of a nuclear family, and offering humanitarian visas to migrants …

On Saturday the Libyan coast guard returned a boat carrying more than 150 illegal immigrants back to Libya – who were trying to reach Italy. According to Reuters the guards intercepted the rubber boat carrying the migrants off the coast between Khoms and Castelverde. The engine of the boat had …

On Tuesday the Libyan Coast Guard rescued 120 illegal immigrants, aboard a rubber boat about 2 miles off of the platform of #Sabratha oil field north of the city of #Zawiya. The information office of the Libyan navy said that the rescue operation was coordinated between the Coast Guard operations …

The Libyan Coast Guard rescued 299 illegal immigrants, including 40 women and 19 children, on two inflatable boats in the middle of the sea off the city of Zliten. The Libyan Navy’s Information Office released a  statement through its official Facebook page stating that the rescue operation was carried out …

The Libyan coastguard has been accused of “running a racket in the Mediterranean Sea”; using their authority to turn the prevention of migrant crossing into a lucrative business. Human Rights Watch (HRW) stated that they have collected multiple testimonies from migrants, whom were intercepted at sea, confirming that they have …

(Author: Libyan Gazette Editorial Staff) On Tuesday, the European Union signed a memorandum to train Libyan Coastguards. Abdallah Toumia, Commander of the Libyan Coastguard and Port Security, met with with Enrico Credendino, the EU’s Operation Sophia Commander, to sign the memorandum in Rome at the headquarters for Operation Sophia. “The …