Skip to main content
Donate to the 95 years appeal
Nothing to celebrate this International Migrants Day, refugee organisations say
Alarm Phone asks why authorities still have no answer to what happened to 91 people who went missing in the Mediterranean in February
A small boat is towed by a Border Force vessel as Border Force Searcher (top) patrols the coastline following a small boat incident in the Channel

THERE is nothing to celebrate about Europe’s treatment of refugees at its external borders, said migrant rights organisations on International Migrants Day today.

Alarm Phone, an activist network that runs a hotline for refugees in distress at sea, called on the European and Libyan coastguard authorities today to release the results of their investigations into the estimated 91 people who went missing in the central Mediterranean 10 months ago.

The 91 people departed from Garabulli, Libya, in a rubber boat late at night on February 9.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
More from this author
Red Devils' logo
Men’s Rugby League / 12 August 2025
12 August 2025

Fan group The 1873 issues scathing response to owners’ statement saying the club will not close

People inspect the damage at the Sheikh Radwan al-Taba UNRWA clinic following an Israeli army bombardment in Gaza City, August 6, 2025
Gaza / 6 August 2025
6 August 2025

Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated 

Demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags look on as the Ship to Gaza boat 'Handala' arrives at the port of Malmö, Sweden, May 8, 2024
Middle East / 29 July 2025
29 July 2025

Mr Smalls and 13 other Freedom Flotilla Coalition activists who tried to break Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza aboard the Handala ship remain in detention and on hunger strike