Among them are 49 minors, including a baby of only three months, and six pregnant women, said SOS Méditerranée in a press release.
Le Monde with AFP
The humanitarian ship Ocean-Viking, which has 294 survivors on board, was authorized by the Italian authorities to dock in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, announced, Sunday, May 29, the non-governmental organization SOS Méditerranée .
“After an exhausting expectation, Pozzallo, in Sicily, was finally assigned to get safe the 294 survivors aboard the#Oceanviking (…). It is unacceptable that survivors are confronted with such contempt for their Rights “, has rebellious, on his Twitter account , this European association for research and rescue on the high seas, whose headquarters are in Marseille.
📌Apres an exhausting expectation, Pozzallo in Sicily was finally assigned to land the 294 survivors in… https://t.co/f7g8qvdvz1
Since May 19, the Ambulance ship chartered by SOS Méditerranée in partnership with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Companies (FICR) carried out four rescue operations which allowed it to rescue 296 Migrants off Libya and Malta. Among them are 49 minors, including a baby of only 3 months, and six pregnant women, said SOS Mediterranean in a statement. An 8 -month pregnant woman and her husband had to be evacuated urgently on Sunday. 2> more than 1,500 dead in 2021
In a video shot from the ship, a medical official said that, among the survivors, some presented traces of violence suffered during their stay in Libya, others had been injured during the crossing or suffered from Chronic pathologies, so many conditions requiring medical care on land.
Libya is an important crossing point for tens of thousands of migrants seeking each year to win Europe by the Italian coasts, some 300 kilometers.
Considered by the International Organization for Migration (OIM) as the most dangerous migratory route in the world, the central Mediterranean has seen at least 1,553 people disappear in 2021. Since February 2016, 35,630 women, men, men And children were rescued by SOS Mediterranean with the Aquarius then Ocean-Viking ships.