FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) have released a revised Rescue at Sea Guide, a tool designed to support all stakeholders in upholding their humanitarian and legal obligations to rescue refugees and migrants in distress at sea. The updated edition of Rescue at Sea: A guide to principles and practice in the context of refugee and migrant movements comes against the backdrop of continuing tragic shipwrecks, underscoring the urgent need for stronger collective action to prevent further loss of life among people fleeing danger or seeking better opportunities. RelatedNews WMU and IMO launch handbook to address gender inequality in maritime IMO Annual Piracy Report: 171 incidents incidents during 2025 var jnews_module_21373320_0_6a0d8ba00a1e0 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21373320","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"19,3363,251","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_lim