Articles by Ben Cowles

Italian coastguard abandons refugees in a wooden boat near Lampedusa

AN ITALIAN coastguard vessel failed to rescue refugees who were just a nautical mile away from its position in the central Mediterranean on Monday

World | Tuesday 07th Jul 2020

Merchant ship captain pleads with Malta, Italy and EU to respond to calls for help days after refugee rescue

World | Sunday 05th Jul 2020

Refugees stuck in limbo as Italy and Malta ignore rescuers' pleas for help

World | Thursday 02nd Jul 2020

Refugees on NGO rescue ship threaten to jump overboard as Italy and Malta continue to ignore them

Wednesday 01st Jul 2020

NGO rescuers demand new EU Council presidency compels member states to abide by refugee laws

THE GERMAN government must use the next six months as president of the Council of the European Union to adopt a human rights-based approach to migr

Tuesday 30th Jun 2020

43 rescued following a weekend of refugee pushbacks to Libya

AN NGO rescue ship saved the lives of 43 people stranded in the Mediterranean today after twice witnessing the EU-supported Libyan coastguard inter

Friday 26th Jun 2020

NGO rescue ships finally released after month-long seizure in Italy

Meanwhile, a refugee woman gives birth on a dinghy stranded off the coast of Libya

Saturday 20th Jun 2020

Sending refugees back to hell with EU support

Piecing together the story from several documents provided by the EU following months of FOI requests, BEN COWLES exposes how the bloc’s supposed training of the Libyan coastguard has only made things worse

Wednesday 17th Jun 2020

First refugees rescued off the Libyan coast in 8 weeks as the Sea Watch 3 saves the lives of over 90 people

EU using chartered planes to organise the Libyan Coastguard's interceptions of refugee boats, NGOs warn

Sunday 14th Jun 2020

Europe's maritime borders are once again the scene of multiple tragedies this weekend

EUROPE’S Mediterranean and Aegean borders were once again the scene of multiple tragedies and ignored emergencies at the weekend.

Thursday 11th Jun 2020

Trump threatens to ‘take back’ control of Seattle's ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has threatened to “take back” Seattle from “domestic terrorists” who have established a police-free zone, if the mayor an

Thursday 11th Jun 2020

Greece urged to investigate refugee pushbacks to Turkey

IOM ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of Greek police, border guards and coastguards using violence to expel migrants

Tuesday 09th Jun 2020

Refugee charities condemn Germany's new regulations aimed at halting NGO humanitarian ships

EUROPEAN states’ crackdown on NGO refugee rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas escalated today when three German charities w

Tuesday 09th Jun 2020

‘Europe will continue with its border control policies, and we will continue fighting for human rights’

Articles by Ben Cowles

Italian coastguard abandons refugees in a wooden boat near Lampedusa

AN ITALIAN coastguard vessel failed to rescue refugees who were just a nautical mile away from its position in the central Mediterranean on Monday

Merchant ship captain pleads with Malta, Italy and EU to respond to calls for help days after refugee rescue

Refugees stuck in limbo as Italy and Malta ignore rescuers' pleas for help

Refugees on NGO rescue ship threaten to jump overboard as Italy and Malta continue to ignore them

NGO rescuers demand new EU Council presidency compels member states to abide by refugee laws

THE GERMAN government must use the next six months as president of the Council of the European Union to adopt a human rights-based approach to migr

43 rescued following a weekend of refugee pushbacks to Libya

AN NGO rescue ship saved the lives of 43 people stranded in the Mediterranean today after twice witnessing the EU-supported Libyan coastguard inter

NGO rescue ships finally released after month-long seizure in Italy

Meanwhile, a refugee woman gives birth on a dinghy stranded off the coast of Libya

Sending refugees back to hell with EU support

Piecing together the story from several documents provided by the EU following months of FOI requests, BEN COWLES exposes how the bloc’s supposed training of the Libyan coastguard has only made things worse

First refugees rescued off the Libyan coast in 8 weeks as the Sea Watch 3 saves the lives of over 90 people

EU using chartered planes to organise the Libyan Coastguard's interceptions of refugee boats, NGOs warn

Europe's maritime borders are once again the scene of multiple tragedies this weekend

EUROPE’S Mediterranean and Aegean borders were once again the scene of multiple tragedies and ignored emergencies at the weekend.

Trump threatens to ‘take back’ control of Seattle's ‘Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone’

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump has threatened to “take back” Seattle from “domestic terrorists” who have established a police-free zone, if the mayor an

Greece urged to investigate refugee pushbacks to Turkey

IOM ‘deeply concerned’ by reports of Greek police, border guards and coastguards using violence to expel migrants

Refugee charities condemn Germany's new regulations aimed at halting NGO humanitarian ships

EUROPEAN states’ crackdown on NGO refugee rescue ships operating in the Mediterranean and Aegean seas escalated today when three German charities w

‘Europe will continue with its border control policies, and we will continue fighting for human rights’

INIGO MIJANGOS tells Ben Cowles how his charity's ship, the Aita Mari, was seized in Italy after saving the lives of 47 refugees

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