Migrant Rescue Watch

Rob Gowans 😀 ... always on assignment ... SAR Ops (Pvt. RPT) MI bound by non-disclosure agreement

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#SAR Op 27.08.21 - Libyan Coast Guard: "Don’t take to the sea❗️ Overloaded vessels are dangerous, particularly when weather changes rapidly." #DontTakeToTheSea #migrantcrisis #seenotrettung #Frontex #Libya

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

🔴 #SAR Op 04.06.26 - Libyan Coast Guard (Gen.Cmd.) rescued 195 nm NW of Benghazi 40 #migrants. All disembarked in Benghazi Naval Base and were transferred to DCIM custody. Nationalities: Bangladesh 26 & Egypt 14. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

🔴 #SAR Op 03.06.26 - Libyan Coast Guard (Gen.Cmd.) interdicted off the coast of Ras Azaz (east of Tobruk) 39 #migrants of different nationalities. All transferred to DCIM custody in Tobruk. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 04.06.26 - DCIM in Al-Marj area apprehended 21 undocumented Bangladeshi #migrants who attempted to reach Tobruk area for illegal boat crossing. All remain in custody pending completion of legal procedures and repatriation. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 04.06.26 - Sabratha Security Directorate conducted eviction ops of properties illegally rented to undocumented #migrants in the city. All transferred to DCIM custody in Tripoli. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 04.06.26 - DCIM continues to conduct security operations in Al-Bayda targeting #migrants for purpose of verification of immigration status. All apprehended violators were transferred to IDCs in Al-Bayda and Shahat for completion of legal procedures. #migrantcrisis #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 04.06.26 - DCIM repatriated from Shahhat Immigration Detention Center 33 #migrants of Egyptian nationality via Emsaed land border crossing. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 03.06.26 - Libyan Coast Security raided in Harawa area (80 km East of Sirte) a human smuggling site and seized a boat earmarked for #migrant illegal sea crossing. The boat was was destroyed to prevent its further use. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 03.06.26 - DCIM in cooperation with Libyan Coast Guard apprehended in Tobruk 243 #migrants of Bangladeshi, Egyptian and Sundanese nationalities. All transferred to IDC in Tobruk for completion of legal procedures and repatriation. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 01.06.26 - 173rd Commando Brigade and 628th Border Guard Battalion during joint patrols in Al-Salvador Border Triangle (Algeria/Niger) arrested a major human trafficker of Libyan nationality. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

🔴 #SAR Op 03.06.26 - Libyan Coast Guard (Gen.Cmd.) rescued off the coast of Bardia (42 nm N) 68 #migrants. All disembarked in Tobruk Naval Base. Nationalities: Bangladesh 30, Egypt 8 and Sudan 30. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

2/2 [cont] Upon provision of humanitarian assistance the group was transferred to DCIM custody. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

1/2 🔴 #SAR Op 03.06.26 - Libyan Special Naval Forces inderticted off the coast of Tobruk 80 #migrants of different nationalities. All disembarked in Tobruk Naval Base. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

🔴 #SAR Op 03.06.26 - Libyan Coast Guard (Gen.Cmd.) rescued off the coast of Kambut (40 nm E of Tobruk) 43 #migrants. All disembarked in Tobruk Naval Base. Nationalities: Bangladesh 32, Egypt 7 and Sudan 4. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 03.06.26 - Libyan Red Crescent (Zawiya Branch) recovered 1 unidentified body of #migrant washed ashore in Al-Mutrad. The body was transferred to local authorities for completion of procedures. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

3/3 #Libya 03.06.26 - DCIM in Al-Bayda during enhanced security operations apprehended over 200 undocumented #migrants of diferrent nationalities. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

1/3 #Libya 03.06.26 - Joint Security Forces in Tobruk over the past 3 days apprehended more than 2000 undocumented #migrants of different nationalities. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

2/3 #Libya 03.06.26 - DCIM in Derna during security operations apprehended ca. 800 undocumented #migrants of different nationalities. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 02.06.26 - DCIM in response to intelligence report conducted raid on a farm in Ajdabiya and seized a boat earmarked for #migrant illegal sea crossing. Investigation into the incident is ongoing. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

#Libya 02.06.26 - DCIM Dept. of Investigation conducted raid on human smugglers' safe house in Benghazi and apprehended 26 Bangladeshi #migrants readying for boat crossing. All transferred to IDC for completion of legal procedures & repatriation. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea

[Migrant Rescue Watch @rgowans]

🔴 #SAR Op 02.06.26 - Libyan Coast Guard (Gen.Cmd.) interdicted off the coast of Kambut (30 nm east o Tobruk) a boat with 39 Sudanese #migrants incl. 2 women. All disembarked in Tobruk Naval Base. #migrantcrisis #DontTakeToTheSea #seenotrettung #Frontex