As fighting rages in Libya, Malta and the European Union continue to turn their backs to civilians and refugees who are caught in the crossfire, NGO Sea-Watch said in a statement today. On 1 September 1, 2018, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat tweeted Malta was “following situation in Tripoli with deep apprehension. “Muscat talks of not looking away and illegally impedes the deployment of civilian rescue assets and of the reconnaissance aircraft Moonbird. Nearly all civilian rescue assets are detained in various ports, due to political interventions by EU member states – three of them, the Sea-Watch 3, Seefuchs and Lifeline, in Malta. Malta also prevents the Sea-Watch search plane Moonbird since May 25, 2018, from flying its human rights observation mission over the Central Mediterranean.

Source: Libya Today September 07, 2018 07:18 UTC