View Closing holes in the net: How the EU needs to remove secrecy from European fishing ǀ View The ongoing revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation provides a crucial opportunity to remove the continuing veil of secrecy that shrouds member states’ efforts to control their fishing fleet and that has allowed infringements of EU law to go unpunished. 22/04/2020
World Boat carrying 91 migrants goes missing in Mediterranean News of the missing boat comes amid criticism of the European Union's lack of rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea. 20/02/2020
World EU to end Med anti-smuggler mission and tackle Libya arms flow #EU foreign ministers have agreed to end the bloc's anti-smuggler operation in the #Mediterranean and launch a new drive targetting the #UN #Libya #armsembargo. 18/02/2020
Italy Italy accepts 363 migrants and refugees rescued at sea The Open Arms charity ship that rescued them had been repeatedly denied permission by both Italy and Malta to allow them to disembark. 01/02/2020
Malta Ocean Viking seeking safe port for 223 migrants Some pregnant women and children are among the passengers. 26/01/2020
Greece A dozen migrants dead after their boat sinks off Greek island The vessel was carrying around 50 migrants and 21 of them were rescued. 11/01/2020
World Migrants tell of their 'Libyan hell' as they arrive in Europe The testimony of the 79 people rescued by the Aita Mari match with those of human rights organisations working in Libya: detention centres are places for torture and extortion. "You get arrested just because you are black," Ismail explained. 26/11/2019
View Temporary EU agreement on Mediterranean migrants offers hope and solidarity to asylum seekers ǀ View The shameful political game conducted by EU countries, motivated by the short-term goal of ensuring no rescue ships dock in their ports, has led to countless standoffs at sea. 07/10/2019
Italy Experts sound alarm over rising microplastics in Mediterranean Experts sound alarm over rising microplastics in Mediterranean Sea 29/09/2019
Libya Sudanese migrant shot dead after being returned to Libya A Sudanese man was killed by a bullet would, the International Organization of Migration said. 20/09/2019
World Charity ship Ocean Viking rescues 109 migrants in Mediterranean The migrants were picked up in two separate operations off the coast of Libya, MSF, who runs the ship alongside SOS Mediterranee, said on Twitter. 18/09/2019
Transport What do people do on their superyachts? Watch Netflix, it turns out I was invited to cruise on a superyacht in Malta, bringing me that little bit closer to what it would feel like to own one myself. 12/09/2019
World Hurricanes likely to become more intense with climate change Experts say that warming oceans and rising sea levels will likely make hurricanes more intense and their impact more devastating. 06/09/2019
Spain Passenger ferry rescues 18 migrants in the Mediterranean Corsica Linea rescued the migrants off the Balearic Islands and disembarked them in Majorca. 03/09/2019
Malta Six EU states 'to take in migrants from stranded Ocean Viking ship' France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal and Romania will welcome some of the migrants after agreeing on a deal, putting an end to a 14-day standoff. 23/08/2019
Malta Stranded migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking sails in shape of a heart A migrant rescue ship stranded in the Mediterranean has sailed in the shape of a heart to raise awareness about its plight. 22/08/2019
brussels bureau The Brief: Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship still stranded France has become the first EU member state to say it would welcome some of the 356 migrants on board the stranded rescue ship Ocean Viking. 21/08/2019
no comment Migrants disembark Open Arms ship after three week ordeal Almost 100 migrants from Spanish charity ship Open Arms finally disembarked on the Italian island of Lampedusa after nearly three weeks at sea. 21/08/2019
no comment More than 500 rescued migrants on two NGO ships remain stranded More than 500 rescued migrants on two NGO ships remain stranded 13/08/2019
World Open Arms: Richard Gere delivers groceries to stranded migrant ship In pictures posted to the charity's Twitter account, Gere was shown unloading boxes of fruit, vegetables, and water 09/08/2019
Bulgaria Explorers to sail ancient Black Sea route on reed boat A boat constructed of reeds will recreate ancient trade routes betweebn Egypt and the Black Sea that could predate the Greek Argonauts. 05/08/2019
Italy EU seeks countries to take in migrants stranded at Italian port Germany says it is ready to take some migrants, refused permission to disembark from an Italian coastguard vessel in Sicily. 30/07/2019
Libya Migrant shipwreck survivors 'sent to bombed Libyan detention centre' Most of the survivors of the worst Mediterranean shipwreck so far this year have been transferred to a Libyan detention centre that was hit by a deadly airstrike this month, according to the UN refugee agency. 26/07/2019
Libya Scores of migrants feared dead in 'worst tragedy' this year More than 100 migrants are missing and feared drowned after a wooden boat capsized off the coast of Libya. 25/07/2019
Good Morning Europe Mediterranean migrant sea rescues about to restart Two charities dedicated to rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are about to resume operations there - seven months after they were forced to stop using their ship, Aquarius. SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) will restart operations using a new vessel, the Ocean Viking. 22/07/2019
brussels bureau NGOs push for decriminalisation of rescuing migrants ProActiva Open Arms, a Spanish NGO that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean, brought one of their boats to Strasbourg to make a point. Euronews spoke with the crew and MEPs about the legal debate over rescuing migrants. 04/07/2019
