Several hundred migrants from the Mediterranean were rescued again. There are currently three lifeboats operated by private organizations on the water.
The crews of several private sea rescue organizations rescued hundreds of boat migrants in the central Mediterranean on Sunday.
In the early hours of the morning, the “Ocean Viking” from SOS Mediterranee and the “Sea-Watch 3” took about 400 people on board in a five-hour rescue operation, as the Berlin-based organization Sea-Watch announced. The crews of the two ships had already rescued people from distress in the days before.
According to SOS Mediterranee, the area of operation was in Tunisian waters on Sunday morning. The people were on a multi-story wooden boat. The sailing boat “Nadir” from the German organization ResQship was also involved in the rescue.
According to the organization, almost 450 people were on board the “Ocean Viking”, which on Saturday had brought dozens of boat migrants to safety in several missions. The “Sea-Watch 3” also had dozens of rescued people on its ship. Six were taken off board by the Italian coast guard on Friday at the request of the crew because of their poor health.
From the coasts of Libya and Tunisia, migrants repeatedly get into boats to get to the EU via the central Mediterranean. The crossing is dangerous, the overcrowded barges are often in distress. According to the UN, 930 migrants died in the central Mediterranean this year. The private organizations criticize the fact that people are repeatedly intercepted by the countries’ coast guards and, for example, brought back to Libya, where they are threatened with violence. In Italy, on the other hand, the use of private sea rescuers is politically controversial.
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