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EUROPEAN maritime authorities have refused to come to the aid of over 400 people travelling across the Mediterranean in an overcrowded boat, an activist group warned today.
On Wednesday morning, the refugee distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone alerted Italy and Malta to about 430 people in distress off the coast of Libya.
But neither countries’ coastguard launched a rescue, despite the boat reaching Malta’s search-and-rescue zone on Wednesday night, Alarm Phone said today.
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Israeli media awash with leaks and rumours of Netanyahu’s plans to seize Gaza. Meanwhile, the unrelenting siege of Gaza continues unabated
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
