US Edition54 Shipwrecked Migrants Rescued From Oil Platform in the Mediterranean, Where One Woman Gave Birth
- On Sunday, the charity ship Astral saved 54 migrants who had been stranded for three days on a deserted oil rig in the Mediterranean Sea near Lampedusa.
- The migrants departed from Libya on Tuesday in a rubber boat that shipwrecked, forcing them to seek refuge on the oil platform until rescue.
- Among those rescued, a woman delivered a baby boy on Friday, while a second woman had recently given birth several days earlier; the group also included two young children.
- Following the rescue, Astral found another 109 people, including four in the water, who had also departed from Libya and included 10 children, and Open Arms provided life jackets to them.
- These rescue operations highlight ongoing migrant crossings to Italy, with 23,000 arriving by sea this year and continued risks including boat capsizes near Lampedusa.
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The Spanish NGO Open Arms saves an Eritrean girl two days after delivery and another two weeks in a group of 52 migrants who arrived at the structure when their boat sank into the Mediterranean
The New Arab
54 migrants rescued from Mediterranean oil platform
Over 50 migrants were headed to the Italian island of Lampedusa Sunday after a charity ship rescued them from an abandoned oil platform in the Mediterranean, where one woman gave birth. The vessel Astral, operated by the Spain-based NGO Open Arms, rescued the 54 people overnight, the group said in a statement. The migrants had been trapped on the oil platform for three days after their rubber boat shipwrecked following their departure from Libya…
In the Mediterranean, many people were injured and picked up by an aid organization, including three children, and another baby was born shortly before salvation.
More than 50 migrants were rescued by a boat from the NGO Open Arms from an abandoned oil platform in the Mediterranean Sea, where a woman gave birth and are heading for the Italian island of Lampedusa this Sunday.
These migrants, including young children, have been on this oil platform for three days this Sunday, 8 June, following the sinking of their airboat from Libya.
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