The distinguished French NGO (SOS Mediterranee) mentioned its search and rescue ships rescued greater than 230 migrants from two inflatable boats off the coast of Libya on Tuesday.
“Right this moment, #OceanViking rescued 236 folks from two crowded inflatable boats in misery in worldwide waters, 32 NM (nautical miles) off Zawiyah, Libya,” the NGO mentioned on Twitter.
“A number of survivors have been weak, dehydrated and recovering now. Girls are struggling minor burns and have inhaled fumes. 114 minors are unaccompanied,” it added.
At the least 172 folks have been killed in three completely different shipwrecks within the central Mediterranean in current days and the variety of drownings on the world’s deadliest crossing greater than doubled in 2021, the Worldwide Group for Migration (IOM) mentioned final week.
Libya, which got here down in chaos after the 2011 rebellion that overthrew and killed the long-standing dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has emerged as a vital transit level for African and Arab migrants fleeing conflict and poverty to Europe.
Most migrants make the damaging journey in poorly outfitted and unsafe inflatable boats.
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