Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

World | Monday 17th Mar 2025

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Features | Thursday 13th Mar 2025

Make anti-racism cool again

World | Wednesday 29th Jan 2025

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

Wednesday 11th Nov 2020

First NGO rescue mission in over a month saves the lives of close to 200 people

European states have blockaded seven civilian rescue ships from going back to sea since October

Monday 09th Nov 2020

Stopped from saving lives in the Mediterranean sea

It's been a month since the Italian port authorities seized the last NGO rescue ship. In that time over 150 refugees have drowned and over a thousand have been intercepted by the Libyan coastguard, writes BEN COWLES

Friday 30th Oct 2020

Exclusive: Hospital workers forced to pay hefty bills after accommodation funds dry up despite second Covid wave

Government urged to continue to fund hotel beds for frontline staff

Sunday 18th Oct 2020

Activists and relatives call for rescue of survivors adrift in the Mediterranean for nine days

THE LIVES of six people onboard a boat adrift in the Mediterranean for nine days are at serious risk, activists warned today.

Monday 12th Oct 2020

Would EU coastguards leave white people to battle a storm alone, activists ask

43 people in a wooden boat near Malta battle two-metre high waves as Alarm Phone's mayday calls go answered

Monday 12th Oct 2020

Horrid weekend for refugees and NGO rescuers

IT WAS another fraught weekend for refugees attempting to reach Europe by sea and for the activists trying to help them.

Thursday 08th Oct 2020

UN human rights expert condemns the criminalisation of NGO refugee rescuers

A UN human rights expert condemned today Europe’s criminalisation of NGO refugee rescuers, calling for cases against them to be dropped.

Wednesday 23rd Sep 2020

NGO refugee rescuers unimpressed by EU's proposals for a new migration and asylum pact

REFUGEE rescue and aid organisations have been left unimpressed by the European Commission’s plans for a new pact on migration and asylum.

Wednesday 23rd Sep 2020

Alan Kurdi refugee rescue ship heads to France after Italy refuses to help

AN NGO refugee rescue ship carrying 125 people is bound for France after several Mediterranean nations ignored its calls for help for five days.

Tuesday 22nd Sep 2020

EU urged to reform it ‘unworkable’ and ‘untenable’ migration and asylum policies

Articles by Ben Cowles

Punk or not, don't miss this

Ben Cowles speaks with IAN ‘TREE’ ROBINSON and ANDY DAVIES, two of the string pullers behind the Manchester Punk Festival, ahead of its 10th year show later this month

Unicef: A million children in Gaza ‘are living without the very basics they need to survive’

Make anti-racism cool again

Two lives could have been saved had Malta launched rescue sooner, activists say

First NGO rescue mission in over a month saves the lives of close to 200 people

European states have blockaded seven civilian rescue ships from going back to sea since October

Stopped from saving lives in the Mediterranean sea

It's been a month since the Italian port authorities seized the last NGO rescue ship. In that time over 150 refugees have drowned and over a thousand have been intercepted by the Libyan coastguard, writes BEN COWLES

Exclusive: Hospital workers forced to pay hefty bills after accommodation funds dry up despite second Covid wave

Government urged to continue to fund hotel beds for frontline staff

Activists and relatives call for rescue of survivors adrift in the Mediterranean for nine days

THE LIVES of six people onboard a boat adrift in the Mediterranean for nine days are at serious risk, activists warned today.

Would EU coastguards leave white people to battle a storm alone, activists ask

43 people in a wooden boat near Malta battle two-metre high waves as Alarm Phone's mayday calls go answered

Horrid weekend for refugees and NGO rescuers

IT WAS another fraught weekend for refugees attempting to reach Europe by sea and for the activists trying to help them.

UN human rights expert condemns the criminalisation of NGO refugee rescuers

A UN human rights expert condemned today Europe’s criminalisation of NGO refugee rescuers, calling for cases against them to be dropped.

NGO refugee rescuers unimpressed by EU's proposals for a new migration and asylum pact

REFUGEE rescue and aid organisations have been left unimpressed by the European Commission’s plans for a new pact on migration and asylum.

Alan Kurdi refugee rescue ship heads to France after Italy refuses to help

AN NGO refugee rescue ship carrying 125 people is bound for France after several Mediterranean nations ignored its calls for help for five days.

EU urged to reform it ‘unworkable’ and ‘untenable’ migration and asylum policies

UNHCR, IOM, Oxfam and urge the European Commission to end ‘ad hoc crisis-driven approach’

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