The Italian authorities gave permission to Ocean Viking, the SOS Méditerranée, which conducts search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean, docked in Sicily to disembark 572 migrants rescued, the non-governmental organization announced last Thursday night.
«Ocean Viking tonight receives the coveted news from the Italian authorities: the 572 rescued will land in Augusta, Sicily“, Said via Twitter the NGO, which is based in Marseille (southern France).
«It is a great relief to learn that their suffering at sea is almost over and that the 6 rescue operations will finally be completed soon.“, He added.
On Wednesday, the Mediterranean SOS called on the European Union to indicate a safe harbor to disembark the migrants rescued by the Ocean Viking crew “as soon as possible”.
The NGO warned that the prepared meals and medicines on board were depleted and that some of the migrants were not in good health, as they were dehydrated and exhausted after several twenty-four hours at sea before being rescued.
«The situation is getting worse every hour. The team of doctors reports that the psychological condition is getting worse and worseImmigrants, including women, children and a four-month-old baby, he said on Thursday, just hours before receiving the green light from Rome to sail to Sicily.
By 2021, at least 898 migrants have died in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe, 734 of them on its so-called main road to Malta and Italy, according to the numbers of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Mediterranean SOS estimates how has rescued more than 30,000 migrants in the Mediterranean since February 2016, first with Aquarius, then with Ocean Viking.
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