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Added on the 09/01/2019 17:29:59 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
A boat believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants is safely towed to the Greek island of Crete after a dramatic rescue complicated by near gale-force winds, a coastguard said. IMAGES
Migrants rescued by a ship chartered by NGOs disembark in Sicily and are taken care of by the authorities. The Ocean Viking, chartered by SOS Méditerranée in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), rescued 114 people on December 16, including minors and two newborns who were on an inflatable boat in distress in international waters off the coast of Libya. IMAGES
Supported by the Moonbird plane, the German NGO Sea-Watch says it rescued 363 migrants trapped in the Mediterranean Sea between the 26th and the 28th of February. IMAGES of rescue operations
On board the Ocean Viking, off the shores of southern Europe, tension is mounting among migrants rescued at sea. Some 118 of them fled Libya and were rescued five days ago by the SOS Méditerranée aid ship, which is circling waiting to be assigned a port of disembarkation. IMAGES
67 migrants aboard a wooden boat are rescued by the humanitarian boat Ocean Viking. It had been drifting for two days in the Mediterranean Sea. IMAGES