Open Arms rescues another 40 migrants at sea
The rescue ship of the Proactiva Open Arms NGO based in Badalona, north of Barcelona, picked up 40 migrants stranded in the Mediterranean Sea on...
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Open Arms granted permission to set sail from Italy
On Thursday, an Italian judge granted the migrant sea rescue NGO Open Arms permission to set sail from the Italian port it is currently docked...
Open Arms rescue ship has docked in Lampedusa
After 19 days stranded in the Mediterranean, the Open Arms rescue ship has finally docked in the port of Lampedusa with 83 people aboard, following...
Open Arms rescue ship in ‘critical’ situation, now in 19th day stranded
With over 100 migrants still stranded for now 19 days in the Mediterranean, Open Arms has called the situation aboard its rescue ship ‘critical’ and...
Italian court lets ‘Open Arms’ rescue ship enter territorial waters
The Open Arms rescue ship is on its way to Lampedusa with 147 people on board after an Italian court accepted the Catalan NGO’s appeal...
Richard Gere joins migrant rescue ship, EU president calls for ‘urgent action’
Hollywood actor Richard Gere boarded the Proactiva Open Arms migrant rescue ship that has been stuck in the Mediterranean Sea for over a week, in the middle of...
Minister wants EU to assume responsibility for rescue ship
Spain’s acting Minister of Development, José Luís Ábalos, has asked the European Commission to take on greater responsibility when it comes to the fate of...
Protests against prohibition of refugee rescue boat
Hundreds of people rallied against Spain’s prohibition on NGO Open Arms to sail for the Mediterranean in order to begin a new search and rescue...
Spain stops Open Arms rescue boat from setting sail
Rescue charity Proactiva Open Arms has said that the authorities are preventing its ship from setting sail from Barcelona to save migrants. ‘We are blocked...
Rescue boat with over 300 migrants reaches Spain
A charity rescue boat carrying 311 mainly African migrants plucked off Libya docked in Spain on Friday, ending a traumatic journey which saw them spending Christmas...
