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

Saturday 18th Jul 2020

Interview with Tamino Bohm: Sea Watch's head of airborne operations

Ben Cowles speaks to the man responsible for the remarkable airborne component of the heroic volunteer organisation that rescues refugee boats sinking in the Mediterranean

Tuesday 14th Jul 2020

Italian coastguard abandons refugees in a wooden boat near Lampedusa

AN ITALIAN coastguard vessel failed to rescue refugees who were just a nautical mile away from its position in the central Mediterranean on Monday

Tuesday 07th Jul 2020

Merchant ship captain pleads with Malta, Italy and EU to respond to calls for help days after refugee rescue

THE captain of a merchant vessel carrying over 50 rescued refugees has warned that no European authority is responding to his calls for help as the

Sunday 05th Jul 2020

Refugees stuck in limbo as Italy and Malta ignore rescuers' pleas for help

The Ocean Viking's state of emergency goes unheard for two days before being allowed to enter Sicily, while a merchant ship carrying 52 refugees still waits for a port

Thursday 02nd Jul 2020

Refugees on NGO rescue ship threaten to jump overboard as Italy and Malta continue to ignore them

SOS Mediterranee warns the situation on the Ocean Viking is becoming ‘unbearable’

Wednesday 01st Jul 2020

NGO rescuers demand new EU Council presidency compels member states to abide by refugee laws

THE GERMAN government must use the next six months as president of the Council of the European Union to adopt a human rights-based approach to migr

Tuesday 30th Jun 2020

43 rescued following a weekend of refugee pushbacks to Libya

AN NGO rescue ship saved the lives of 43 people stranded in the Mediterranean today after twice witnessing the EU-supported Libyan coastguard inter

Friday 26th Jun 2020

NGO rescue ships finally released after month-long seizure in Italy

Meanwhile, a refugee woman gives birth on a dinghy stranded off the coast of Libya

Saturday 20th Jun 2020

Sending refugees back to hell with EU support

Piecing together the story from several documents provided by the EU following months of FOI requests, BEN COWLES exposes how the bloc’s supposed training of the Libyan coastguard has only made things worse

Wednesday 17th Jun 2020

First refugees rescued off the Libyan coast in 8 weeks as the Sea Watch 3 saves the lives of over 90 people

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

Interview with Tamino Bohm: Sea Watch's head of airborne operations

Ben Cowles speaks to the man responsible for the remarkable airborne component of the heroic volunteer organisation that rescues refugee boats sinking in the Mediterranean

Italian coastguard abandons refugees in a wooden boat near Lampedusa

AN ITALIAN coastguard vessel failed to rescue refugees who were just a nautical mile away from its position in the central Mediterranean on Monday

Merchant ship captain pleads with Malta, Italy and EU to respond to calls for help days after refugee rescue

THE captain of a merchant vessel carrying over 50 rescued refugees has warned that no European authority is responding to his calls for help as the

Refugees stuck in limbo as Italy and Malta ignore rescuers' pleas for help

The Ocean Viking's state of emergency goes unheard for two days before being allowed to enter Sicily, while a merchant ship carrying 52 refugees still waits for a port

Refugees on NGO rescue ship threaten to jump overboard as Italy and Malta continue to ignore them

SOS Mediterranee warns the situation on the Ocean Viking is becoming ‘unbearable’

NGO rescuers demand new EU Council presidency compels member states to abide by refugee laws

THE GERMAN government must use the next six months as president of the Council of the European Union to adopt a human rights-based approach to migr

43 rescued following a weekend of refugee pushbacks to Libya

AN NGO rescue ship saved the lives of 43 people stranded in the Mediterranean today after twice witnessing the EU-supported Libyan coastguard inter

NGO rescue ships finally released after month-long seizure in Italy

Meanwhile, a refugee woman gives birth on a dinghy stranded off the coast of Libya

Sending refugees back to hell with EU support

Piecing together the story from several documents provided by the EU following months of FOI requests, BEN COWLES exposes how the bloc’s supposed training of the Libyan coastguard has only made things worse

First refugees rescued off the Libyan coast in 8 weeks as the Sea Watch 3 saves the lives of over 90 people

EU using chartered planes to organise the Libyan Coastguard's interceptions of refugee boats, NGOs warn

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