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Ship Rescues Nearly 200 Migrants Off Libya

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Ocean Viking picked up 57 people in an inflatable dinghy struggling in international waters off Libya. In the afternoon, the ship's crew carried out two additional rescues in the same area, plucking 54 people from a dinghy and 64 others from a wooden vessel. The total rescued included at least two pregnant women and 33 minors, 22 of them unaccompanied.

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News18 India

German NGO Sea-Watch Rescues Nearly 100 Migrants Overnight In Mediterranean

ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, Mediterranean: German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants in the Mediterranean overnight, many of whom were injured, some with severe “fuel burns” – chemical burns caused by exposure to gasoline mixed with seawater.

3 years ago·India

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Reuters

Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia

ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, Mediterranean - Two humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said. The German and French NGO ships Sea-Watch 3 and Ocean Viking rescued the migrants in Tunisian waters 68 km (42 miles) from the North African coast, near oil

3 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

German NGO Sea-Watch Rescues Nearly 100 Migrants Overnight In Mediterranean

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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WION

German NGO Sea-Watch rescues nearly 100 migrants overnight in Mediterranean

German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants in the Mediterranean overnight, many of whom were injured, some with severe "fuel burns" - chemical burns caused by exposure to gasoline mixed with seawater. Migrant boat departures from Libya and Tunisia to Italy and other parts of Europe have increased in recent months with better weather. According to the UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM), more than 1,100…

3 years ago·Noida, India

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VOA News

Ship Rescues Nearly 200 Migrants Off Libya

The Ocean Viking on Saturday rescued 196 migrants off Libya, the humanitarian ship's operator said.It first picked up 57 people in an inflatable dinghy struggling in international waters off the North African country, SOS Mediterranee said.In the afternoon, the ship's crew carried out two additional rescues in the same area, plucking 54 people from a dinghy and 64 others from a wooden vessel.In their latest operation, they saved 21 people from a…

3 years ago·United States

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German NGO Sea-Watch rescues nearly 100 migrants overnight in Mediterranean

ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, Mediterranean - German NGO Sea-Watch said on Friday it had rescued nearly 100 migrants in the Mediterranean overnight, many of whom were injured, some with severe

3 years ago·Singapore

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