Charity boat rescues 50 migrants off Libya, seven found dead
The migrants were pulled from an overcrowded wooden boat, and two remain in critical condition after the rescue ship found seven bodies.
- On Monday, Italian rescue charity EMERGENCY saved 50 migrants from an overcrowded wooden boat in international waters off Libya, while recovering seven bodies; the vessel had departed from Zuwara on Sunday.
- Mission leader Jonathan Nani La Terra reported discovering nine people on the deck during the rescue, stating, "Nothing could be done for seven of them," while two survivors remain in critical condition due to suffocation.
- The rescued group included 45 males, five females, and 29 unaccompanied minors, with migrants reporting they were from Somalia and Egypt, according to the charity.
- Two people require urgent medical evacuation for suffocation, EMERGENCY said in a statement sent to Reuters, while the charity monitors their critical health status aboard the Life Support vessel.
- The rescue highlights ongoing dangers in international waters off Libya, where humanitarian groups continue monitoring maritime routes for distress incidents involving migrants from Somalia and Egypt.
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Two people are in "a critical state, victims of asphyxiation", according to the Italian NGO Emergency.
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MARINE & OCÉANSSeven migrants were found dead on Monday 17 August after the shipwreck of their boat off Libya, while another 50 were rescued, two of them in a serious state, announced...
Seven Migrants Dead, 50 Rescued off Libya
An Italian rescue charity said on Monday it pulled 50 people to safety from a double-deck wooden boat in international waters off Libya, and recovered seven bodies. Emergency said it spotted the "overcrowded wooden boat" in the early hours and began the rescue operation. "Halfway through the rescue, our team noticed nine people lying on the deck," Jonathan Nani La Terra, the mission leader on board Emergency's Life Support search and rescue vess…
Charity boat rescues 50 migrants off Libya, seven found dead
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