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EU extends Mediterranean mission by three months despite Italian threats.

12 migrants die in Mediterranean shipwreck; 12 still missing.

Crew of NGO ship impounded in Malta sound alarm as search and rescue co-operation founders in Mediterranean.

Panama revokes registration of last migrant rescue ship in central Mediterranean.

Refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe via the Mediterranean Sea lost their lives at an alarming rate in 2018, as cuts in search and rescue operations reinforced its position as the world's deadliest sea crossing. The latest 'Desperate Journeys' report, released today by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, says six lives were lost on average every day.

Mediterranean Now Second Biggest Cruise Region, Again.

Fuel spill in Mediterranean after ships collide near French island Corsica.

Rescue ship relaunches into Mediterranean as states squabble.

Refugee rescue boat sent to help far-right anti-immigrant ship stranded in Mediterranean with mechanical failure.

At least 46 migrants drown off Tunisia after boat sinks in Mediterranean.

Freighter with 10 tons of hashish intercepted in Mediterranean, arrested VIDEO.

20 migrants missing in Mediterranean: Spanish coastguard.

Once migrants on Mediterranean were saved by naval patrols. Now they have to watch as drones fly over.

The mysterious drop in the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean.

Ship that rescued migrants in Mediterranean to help Rohingya.

Italy Rescues More Than 250 Migrants In Mediterranean.

The Hellenic Trench is core habitat for the eastern Mediterranean sperm whale sub-population, which is believed to number no more than two to three hundred individuals. The Mediterranean sperm whale population is listed as "Endangered" by the IUCN and is at risk mainly from driftnet entanglement and ship strikes. Major shipping routes running on or very close to the 1000 m depth contour along the Hellenic Trench are causing an unsustainable number of ship-strikes with sperm whales.

- A pregnant woman has died and at least 22 people are missing after the partial sinking of a rubber boat in the central Mediterranean Sea. - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has brought 71 survivors on board the search and rescue vessel the Geo Barents. - MSF urges the Maltese and Italian authorities to allocate a place of safety for the disembarkation of survivors as soon as possible.

Up to a thousand ships flagged to the Cook Islands, Palau, Sierra Leone, and Togo will be targeted for safety, maintenance and seafarer welfare inspections across the Mediterranean Sea in the coming eight weeks by an army of inspectors from the International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF), seafarers' unions and port authorities.

Italian Coast Guard videos show refugees pulled to safety in Mediterranean Sea.