Rescuers at sea: Dozens of migrants rescued from operations in the Mediterranean

Rescuers at sea: Dozens of migrants rescued from operations in the Mediterranean

Within a few days, the sea rescue ship “Ocean Viking” takes dozens of migrants in the Mediterranean on board. The people are on their way to Europe. Not all of them make the dangerous crossing.

The helpers of the private organization SOS Méditerranée have rescued dozens of migrants from distress in the central Mediterranean in several missions.

Around 70 people were brought to safety by an overcrowded wooden boat in Maltese waters, the rescuers said on Sunday evening. Your boat left Libya three days earlier. The crew of the “Ocean Viking” brought four people on board with a stretcher because they were too exhausted.

Previously, SOS Méditerranée had taken in around 90 people on other missions. In her fourth action, almost 70 people boarded the “Ocean Viking”. According to the organization, these included 20 unaccompanied minors. Before that, the crew saved 21 people.

This means that there are slightly more than 200 rescued persons on the “Ocean Viking”, as it was said. These include almost 70 unaccompanied minors.

The “Ocean Viking” has been sailing in the central Mediterranean for a few days to rescue migrants from distress at sea who set off from North Africa in mostly small and often overcrowded boats for the EU. SOS Méditerranée are currently the only ones operating in the area. The other private organizations are stuck with their ships in Italian ports or are just preparing for an upcoming mission.

On Saturday evening, the United Nations Refugee Agency reported that the Libyan Coast Guard had taken in more than 120 people in the Mediterranean Sea and brought them back to Libya. After a boat accident off the coast of Tunisia, 43 migrants were also missing on Saturday. A spokesman for the Tunisian Red Crescent said your boat sank during the attempted crossing from Libya to Europe. The United Nations recorded more than 720 migrants losing their lives in the central Mediterranean this year.

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