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Two asylum seekers who were onboard an unseaworthy boat will be brought to Malta after they were rescued by a merchant vessel. At all times, the Maltese and Libyan authorities had been kept informed. Some of the individuals were transferred to one of the merchant vessels by early dawn, the Italian coastguard said, adding that the boat capsized whilst the asylum seekers were being rescued. The merchant vessel will first stop in Malta to disembark two individuals who require medical assistance while the rest will be brought to Italy. It was also highlighted by the Italian authorities that the rescue took place outside its SAR area, adding that the Libyan coastguard had been inactive.

STORY: Those rescued were taken to the Sicilian town of Pozzallo, Italian newswire ANSA reported, and said they were all originally from Bangladesh. Thirty people were feared drowned after the boat they were traveling in from Libya capsized in bad weather on Sunday, Italy's coastguard said. The tragedy follows a Feb. 26 shipwreck near the southern region of Calabria, in which at least 79 people died. Alarm Phone, a charity that picks up calls from migrant vessels in distress, blamed Italy for not sending its coastguard earlier despite being repeatedly alerted on Saturday that the boat was in trouble. Italy's coastguard said the capsizing occurred outside the Italian Search and Rescue area (SAR), and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Rome was doing all it could to avoid shipwrecks.

Home Affairs Minister Byron Camilleri has insisted “prevention” is the best way to preventing the death of migrants at sea. Around 30 migrants were missing and presumed drowned after the overcrowded boat they were on capsized during a rescue attempt by a cargo ship off Libya, Italy's coastguard said on Sunday. The minister said government and other Mediterranean countries expect EU border agency FRONTEX to fight against human trafficking. “How many people have to die before we decide to take a stand against human trafficking. “We as a government feel that asylum status should be granted to those who deserve it.

30 Migrants Missing in Shipwreck Off LibyaAerial view shows a packed migrant boat en route from Libya in the central Mediterranean Sea in this handout image on March 11, 2023. The tragedy comes just weeks after a Feb. 26 shipwreck near the southern region of Calabria, in which at least 79 died. Alarm Phone, a charity that picks up calls from migrant vessels in distress, assumed the 30 people were dead. Rome then requested merchant ships in the area to join the rescue efforts. However, the migrant vessel capsized during an attempt to transfer the people on to the “FROLAND” merchant ship on Sunday morning, it said.

At a Tripoli ceremony yesterday, Libyan authorities handed over the Third Ring Road project site to the Egyptian Orascom/ Hassan Allam / Rowad / NRD (O.H.R.N) JV company, with U.S. firm Hill International acting as project managers. Egyptian consortium chosen for their experienceIn his speech, the Prime Minister, confirmed that the stage of clearing the project site has been completed, despite the difficulties faced its implementation. He said today another stage is being inaugurated, which is the handing over of the project site and preparing to start implementation. Ajdabia-Jalo and Ubari-Ghat roadsThe Director of the Transportation Projects Implementation Agency, Sami Al-Abash, then presented the 250 km Ajdabiya – Jalo road project, and the road 360 km Ubari – Ghat road project. In his detailed presentation of the project plan, he explaining the materials included in the project and the 18-month implementation period for the Ajdabiya-Jalo project and 16 months for the Ubari-Ghat project.

Seventeen survivors were rescued in an operation about 100 miles off the Libyan coast Sunday partially coordinated by the Italian Coast Guard. The incident comes two weeks after another shipwreck off the coast of southern Italy left at least 79 people dead. Italian authorities brought more than 1,000 rescued migrants to Italian shores over the weekend. Regarding Sunday's shipwreck, the Italian Coast Guard said it asked three merchant vessels to respond to the emergency after Libyan authorities notified them that they were not able to. Commercial ships are continuing the search for the missing migrants, assisted by aerial surveillance flights operated by the European border control, Frontex, the Italian Coast Guard said.

By Ebi KesienaThe Nigeria Immigration Service, (NIS) have rescued eleven victims rom being trafficked to ligya by human traffickers. The victims who were all young women, were apprehended in the Niger Republic on their way to Libya and repatriated back to Nigeria and handed over to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, (NAPTIP), in Sokoto for further action. ADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTADVERTISEMENTA statement from the Public Relations Officer, (PRO), of the service, Tony Akuneme, stated that the victims were brought in by the NIS Ilela command before being handed over to NAPTIP. Comptroller of Immigration, Illela Border Command, Ado Rano Sabo, explained that the young women are from different parts of the country and of ages ranging from 19 to 37 years. Sabo advised Nigerians to desist from undertaking such perilous journeys, noting that most victims end up being used for labour exploitation, prostitution, or organ harvesting.

Seventeen survivors were rescued in an operation about 100 miles off the Libyan coast Sunday partially coordinated by the Italian Coast Guard. The incident comes two weeks after another shipwreck off the coast of southern Italy left at least 79 people dead. Italian authorities brought more than 1,000 rescued migrants to Italian shores over the weekend. Regarding Sunday's shipwreck, the Italian Coast Guard said it asked three merchant vessels to respond to the emergency after Libyan authorities notified them that they were not able to. Commercial ships are continuing the search for the missing migrants, assisted by aerial surveillance flights operated by the European border control, Frontex, the Italian Coast Guard said.

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British banking giant HSBC has inked a deal to buy up Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) British subsidiary for just a pound, it announced on Monday. The news comes after the US-based parent bank collapsed on Saturday, the second collapse after Silvergate Bank the week before. A statement from @thebankoflondon regarding @SVB_UK (Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited) pic.twitter.com/OHXx7kmpRY — The Bank of London (@thebankoflondon) March 12, 2023The Bank of London acts as a clearing back and worked with the Bank of England and UK Treasury to negotiate the terms of SVB’s acquisition on Sunday. Significance of SVB CollapseDemond Cureton, Senior Journalist, XR Today, analysing the ongoing crisis at Silicon Valley Bank. However, lending practices faced setbacks after clients could no longer access money from the bank, leading to knock-on effects for companies paying their employees, the Financial Times reported.

A charity monitoring migrant boats in the Mediterranean said Sunday some of the 47 people on a boat it had earlier warned Italian authorities was in distress off the coast of Libya had drowned. Alarm Phone, a hotline used by migrants in distress, tweeted that it had first alerted Italian authorities early Saturday morning to the "urgent distress situation" of a boat northwest of Benghazi. According to different sources, dozens of people from this boat in distress have drowned," tweeted Alarm Phone Sunday. AFP was unable to immediately confirm the report. The statement from Alarm Phone comes exactly two weeks after a shipwreck off the southern Italian coast of Calabria in which at least 76 migrants drowned.

Share:TRIPOLI- The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation welcomed the agreement of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic relations between them, after the success of continuous rounds of dialogue with the support of China, and Omani and Iraqi diplomatic endeavors. The Libyan Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, “This progress in the relations of the two countries reflects the commitment of all parties to prefer dialogue and peaceful means.”It also praised this agreement, which serves the interests of the Kingdom and Iran as well as the whole region, and opens a new chapter to move forward towards developing bilateral relations between the two countries, in which mutual respect and good neighborliness prevail.

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Libyan authorities, citing “lack of naval assets availability," contacted the Rome-based maritime aid coordination center, which sent a satellite message about an emergency to all ships in the area, according to the Italian coast guard statement. For example, many migrants in Libya come from Niger and Chad, two African nations on Libya's southern border, and eventually return to their homelands, he said. Some 105,000 migrants reached Italy by sea in 2022. On Sunday, three more bodies were found from a Feb. 26 shipwreck just offshore the Italian peninsula, raising the known death toll in that disaster to 79 migrants, Italian state TV said. However many migrants actually set out from Libya on smugglers' boats, it "is a worrisome humanitarian flow because people die at sea,'' said IOM spokesperson Di Giacomo.