More migrants and refugees have been detected and rescued attempting to make the dangerous crossing across the English Channel from France to the English coast. Their small inflatable boats and rubber dinghies risk the hazards of crossing the world’s busiest shipping lane.
The European Union (EU) has extended its maritime security mission in Somalia until the end of 2020. “EUCAP Somalia” has been an important factor in helping to develop and enforce maritime law in Somalia.
The United Kingdom authorities detained six foreign-flagged vessels during November for failing port inspections, including breaches of safety regulations.
A court in Delaware, USA, has fined a Greek shipping firm USD2 million for the deliberate cover-up of pollution after the crew blew the whistle on the practice.
From December 9-11 in Ottawa, Canada, the Seafarers International Union of Canada (SIU Canada) hosted an Australian delegation of Labor Senator Glenn Sterle and Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) Assistant National Secretary, Warren Smith who went to gather information and gain a deeper understand
Mohammed and his three crewmates had been effectively in captivity, abandoned for five years, on a tugboat in Mumbai harbour.
A Spanish Navy research vessel found the bodies of 11 people in a small boat off the strait of Gibraltar in late December. The boat was carrying 55 passengers when it set off for Spain, and a further 11 people remained missing. One of the 33 people rescued later died in hospital.
Britain has arrested two people suspected of people smuggling, following a rise in the number of people attempting the perilous crossing of the English Channel.
The UK’s Special Boat Service (SBS) boarded a cargo ship in the Thames estuary after the crew reported that they had been threatened by stowaways.
Greece has awarded citizenship to three migrant fishers who rescued Greeks from a wildfire outside Athens last July.
