The Mediterranean non-governmental organization SOS, based in Marseille, in southern France, said its humanitarian ship Ocean Viking rescued 75 migrants from an overcrowded and doomed rubber boat off the coast of Libya.
In her statement, she explained that among the migrants she rescued, “none of whom were wearing a life jacket,” were 34 unaccompanied minors, four pregnant women, eight children and a 9-month-old infant. This brings the number of survivors aboard the humanitarian ship chartered by an NGO in partnership with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent to 90.
On Friday, the Ocean Viking rescued 15 people “who were on board a fiberglass boat doomed in neutral waters off the coast of Libya,” SOS Mediterranean reported.
Every year, thousands of people fleeing conflict and poverty try to reach Europe by crossing the Mediterranean from Libya, a coast some 300 kilometers from Italy.
Source: El Nashra