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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – SEA-WATCH 4 immigrants bound to Palermo – 01.09.2020

On Wednesday 2nd September the 353 illegal immigrants rescued by the German NGO ship, SEA-WATCH 4 were transferred to the 1987 built ropax GNV ALLEGRA off Palermo, Sicily for quarantine. 11 days after the first souls onboard the SEA-WATCH 4 were rescued, all 353 survivors on the vessel jointly operated by United4Rescue, Sea-Watch, and Doctors …

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Dangerous Goods – Beirut Port Explosion, Lebanon – 04.08.2020

DANGEROUS GOODS are articles or substances capable of posing a risk to health, safety or the environment. Authorities in Lebanon are busy counting the number of dead and injured after an explosion at Beirut Port that rocked the entire city on Tuesday 4th August, 2020 in the afternoon. It is unacceptable that 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate have …

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – Over 250 illegal immigrants aboard 3 Captain Morgan Short Sea Ferry Boats – 26.05.2020

While the outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic Disease is still around worldwide both Italy and Malta decided to close ports due to public health reasons amid the COVID-19. With the ports closed and with barely any assistance offered by EU member states, Malta has decided to house illegal immigrants rescued by the Armed Forces of Malta …

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – 78 rescued immigrants by vessel MARINA on 03.05.2020 disembarked at Porto Empedocle on 09.05.2020

On Sunday 3rd May 2020 NGO Alarm Phone said that they had alerted the Maltese and Italian authorities to launch a rescue immediately without delay as around 90 people were in distress on a wooden boat in Malta’s search and rescue area. Alarm Phone raised alarm about the migrants’ wooden boat early in the morning, …

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ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION – 180 rescued migrants quarantined on board ropax off Palermo – 19.04.2020

Italy has refused to take in saved migrants due to the coronavirus pandemic disease, saying that the outbreak has killed over 23,000 people, meant it could no longer be considered a port of safety. 34 migrants rescued by Spanish NGO rescue vessel AITA MARI were transferred on Sunday to the 180 metre ropax RAFFAELE RUBATTINO …

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Coronavirus – CMA CGM donates 50,000 masks – 03.04.2020

CMA CGM Group made a donation of 50,000 FFP2 type masks, worth $250,000, and currently out of stock in Lebanon, in order to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic disease. These masks will be delivered today April 3rd to Rafic Hariri Governmental Hospital, Hôtel de Dieu de France, Lebanese Red Cross and to the Lebanese Army who …

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