The central Mediterranean has been long recognized as one of the most dangerous migration routes in the world. In the last 10 years, around 20,000 people have lost their lives attempting to get to ...

Four people, including two small children, died during a migration voyage in the Mediterranean, a German charity involved in their rescue said. Following a mayday alert by the European Border and ...

The European Parliament has called for the restoration of a European Search and Rescue (SAR) mission in the Mediterranean Sea following a series of deadly shipwrecks in the region.

Dozens of shipwrecked migrants stranded on base of Mediterranean oil and gas rig with 'one dead and many sick' ... (SAR) region - it is their right to be brought to a safe harbour,' Wagner said.

More than 400 migrants and refugees have drowned in the Central Mediterranean during the first three months of the year, making it the deadliest quarter since 2017 on the world’s most dangerous ...

The IOM's Mr Schroeder said SAR efforts are no longer as "proactive, comprehensive or adequately resourced" as they were during the big Mare Nostrum rescue operation led by Italy in 2013-2014.

The exact toll of the tragedy is unclear. Italy’s ANSA news agency said rescue services intervened in Malta’s Search and Rescue (SAR) region to assist a boat in distress.

The Italian Coast Guard is leading rescue efforts to save at least 400 migrants adrift on a boat in the Mediterranean Sea between Italy and Malta, along an immigration route that NGOs have warned ...

The thousands of migrants who find themselves in difficulty trying to cross the Mediterranean are the main challenge facing search and rescue (SAR) services in the area, IMRF chairman Michael Vlasto ...

Frontex confirmed that one of its aircraft had identified a white rubber boat adrift in the Maltese Search and Rescue (SAR) region at 1:05 p.m. UTC and that it had informed all relevant Maritime ...

Frontex confirmed that one of its aircraft had identified a white rubber boat adrift in the Maltese Search and Rescue (SAR) region at 1:05 p.m. UTC and that it had informed all relevant Maritime ...