Almost 290 Immigrants aboard dangerous vessels trying to reach Europe from Libya rescued the Sea-Watch 4 during three operations from Friday to Saturday at noon, the German non-governmental organization Sea-Watch announced.
With the latter, the rescue operations completed by the boat reached five. Sea-Watch 4 is now carrying around 400 rescuers and the NGO has asked Italy and Malta for a safe haven.
At the same time, the Italian authorities allowed the Ocean Viking ship of SOS Méditerranée, which rescued and transported 236 people, to dock in Augusta, Sicily, the NGO announced yesterday. Many of those rescued are unaccompanied minors, the Mediterranean SOS added. Her boat was expected to arrive in the Sicilian port last night.
Both organizations have criticized the Libyan Coast Guard and the European Union for allowing migrants to be sent back to camps in Libya. Mediterranean SOS proposes to set up a new European search and rescue program.
Thousands of migrants and refugees are trying to reach EU countries, often in small boats in poor condition, to leave Libya, where NGOs and international organizations say there are blatant human rights violations.
But many do not survive.
So far this year, at least 490 people have lost their lives on the Mediterranean Sea, according to United Nations estimates.
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