U.S. maritime borders remain firmly closed
The termination of the Title 42 public health order does not alter U.S. maritime migration policies, and U.S. maritime borders remain closed. That was the message from the U.S. Coast Guard as
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Maersk Etienne transfers rescued migrants to NGO vessel
Maersk Tankers reports that 27 rescued migrants who had been on board its tanker Maersk Etienne for 38 days have been safely disembarked. Today they were transferred to the ship Mare Jonio
Maltese forces take control of tanker after migrants overpower rescuers
A vessel “overpowered” by a group of migrants was stormed by Maltese rescue forces early on Thursday, the Times of Malta reports the Armed Forces of Malta saying. The vessel, the tanker
Damen SAR passes roll-over with engines running test
NOVEMBER 15, 2017 — Damen Shipyards has successfully completed full scale roll-over testing of its Search and Rescue Vessel 1906 with running engines. The tests were performed in Antalya, Turkey in cooperation
IOM: Up to 50 migrants drowned by people smuggler off Yemen
AUGUST 9, 2017 — Early this morning, reports the UN Migration Agency IOM, a human smuggler, in charge of the boat, forced more than 120 Somali and Ethiopian migrants into the pitching
Turkey takes delivery of first of six migrant rescue vessels
JULY 7, 2017 — As part of an agreement between the European Union and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), Damen Shipyards Group has delivered two SAR 1906 vessels to the Turkish
Migrant rescue boats to have MTU engines
JANUARY 19, 2017 — Rolls-Royce will supply MTU diesel engines for six new search and rescue vessels to be built by Damen Shipyards and operated by the Turkish Coastguard. Damen Shipyards is
EU plans to tackle migrant crisis
APRIL 24, 2015 — With migrant deaths in the Mediterranean soaring, a special meeting of the European Council yesterday saw ministers pledge that the European Union “will mobilize all efforts at its
People smugglers adopt callous new technique
JANUARY 2, 2015 — In two incidents within days of each other, people smugglers abandoned ship and left hundreds of refugees to their fates as the rust buckets into which they had