{"id":8182,"date":"2015-04-19T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2015-04-19T12:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/"},"modified":"2015-04-19T12:26:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-19T12:26:53","slug":"imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><span>The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Koji Sekimizu, today (20 April) called for coordinated action to safeguard migrants, following the most recent incident involving large-scale loss of life in the Mediterranean.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>While recognizing the significant contribution of the coast guards and naval forces of Italy and Malta, EU Operation Triton and the merchant shipping industry in rescuing thousands of migrants, Mr Sekimizu said:\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>&quot;The deaths of hundreds of migrants drowned in the Mediterranean within sight of a potential rescue ship once again highlight\u00a0the need for urgent action to be taken against those unscrupulous criminals whose greed and lack of respect for human life allow them to cram hundreds of innocent, desperate people into unsuitable craft with no concern for their safety. At the same time, I call upon Governments and the wider international community to expedite their efforts to take coordinated action to safeguard migrants and to manage the flow of migrants across borders in ways that do not lead to them being exploited and taken to sea in unsafe craft&quot;.<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>He added, \u201cThe international maritime search and rescue system created through IMO instruments was not designed to handle the huge flows of migrants that are currently being seen in the Mediterranean. \u00a0In being compelled to embark these unsafe vessels, migrants are effectively being put into extreme danger as soon as they leave shore. The fact that migrants are drowning within sight of their would-be rescuers is testament to the dangers they face and every effort should be taken to find safer, managed routes for migrants.\u201d<\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div>The Secretary General of IMO hosted an Inter-agency, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imo.org\/About\/Events\/Pages\/High-Level-Meeting-to-Address-Unsafe-Mixed-Migration-by-Sea-%28March-2015%29.aspx\">High-Level Meeting to Address Unsafe Mixed Migration by Sea <\/a>\u00a0at IMO Headquarters (4-5 March 2015) to facilitate dialogue and promote enhanced cooperation and harmonization between United Nations agencies, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, Governments and the shipping industry.\u00a0<span>\u200b<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imo.org\/MediaCentre\/PressBriefings\/Pages\/12-migrants-.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">This post was sourced from IMO Press Briefings: View the original article here.<\/a><\/p>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Koji Sekimizu, today (20 April) called for coordinated action to safeguard migrants, following the most recent incident involving large-scale loss of life in the Mediterranean. While recognizing the significant contribution of the coast guards and naval forces of Italy and Malta, EU Operation Triton and the <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\">[Read More&hellip;]&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":8183,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8182","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-imo-press-briefings","8":"entry","9":"gs-1","10":"gs-odd","11":"gs-even","12":"gs-featured-content-entry"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants - Seafarers Rights International<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants - Seafarers Rights International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Koji Sekimizu, today (20 April) called for coordinated action to safeguard migrants, following the most recent incident involving large-scale loss of life in the Mediterranean. While recognizing the significant contribution of the coast guards and naval forces of Italy and Malta, EU Operation Triton and the [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Seafarers Rights International\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"tmaggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"tmaggs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"tmaggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b4f712eb223fcdf4a1e0ff7f430073b4\"},\"headline\":\"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\"},\"wordCount\":327,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"IMO Press Briefings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\",\"name\":\"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants - Seafarers Rights International\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/\",\"name\":\"Seafarers Rights International\",\"description\":\"international centre for advancing the legal protection of  seafarers\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Seafarers Rights International\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sri-logo5.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sri-logo5.jpg\",\"width\":160,\"height\":84,\"caption\":\"Seafarers Rights International\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b4f712eb223fcdf4a1e0ff7f430073b4\",\"name\":\"tmaggs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f656f05c2fe9a0e3a0e7582f9ade2fc52681ddfb5bd35739c59135b0d39c996?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f656f05c2fe9a0e3a0e7582f9ade2fc52681ddfb5bd35739c59135b0d39c996?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"tmaggs\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/author\/tmaggs\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants - Seafarers Rights International","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants - Seafarers Rights International","og_description":"The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Mr. Koji Sekimizu, today (20 April) called for coordinated action to safeguard migrants, following the most recent incident involving large-scale loss of life in the Mediterranean. While recognizing the significant contribution of the coast guards and naval forces of Italy and Malta, EU Operation Triton and the [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/","og_site_name":"Seafarers Rights International","article_published_time":"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00","author":"tmaggs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"tmaggs","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/"},"author":{"name":"tmaggs","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b4f712eb223fcdf4a1e0ff7f430073b4"},"headline":"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants","datePublished":"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/"},"wordCount":327,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["IMO Press Briefings"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/","url":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/","name":"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants - Seafarers Rights International","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00","dateModified":"2015-04-19T12:26:53+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/imo-secretary-general-calls-for-coordinated-efforts-to-safeguard-migrants\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"IMO Secretary-General calls for coordinated efforts to safeguard migrants"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/","name":"Seafarers Rights International","description":"international centre for advancing the legal protection of  seafarers","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#organization","name":"Seafarers Rights International","url":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sri-logo5.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/sri-logo5.jpg","width":160,"height":84,"caption":"Seafarers Rights International"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/person\/b4f712eb223fcdf4a1e0ff7f430073b4","name":"tmaggs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f656f05c2fe9a0e3a0e7582f9ade2fc52681ddfb5bd35739c59135b0d39c996?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f656f05c2fe9a0e3a0e7582f9ade2fc52681ddfb5bd35739c59135b0d39c996?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"tmaggs"},"url":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/author\/tmaggs\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/seafarersrights.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}