The rescues follow one another and the difficulties are repeated.
In a similar situation at the beginning of July, the Ocean Viking, a humanitarian ship of the NGO SOS Méditerranée, is looking for a port to disembark the 553 refugees rescued last weekend on board.
Two people, a pregnant woman and her companion, have already been evacuated and taken care of by the Italian coast guard, the NGO announced on Thursday.
At the beginning of July, after a week of wandering in the Mediterranean, Italy had finally agreed to dock the Ocean Viking in Sicily.
⚡Unbearable situation for the 553 survivors and the team on the # OceanViking.
@SOSMedIntl calls on maritime authorities to assign a safe port without further delay & EU states to reactivate a disembarkation mechanism supporting coastal states https://t.co/CVuLo7aAcE
- SOS MEDITERRANEE France (@SOSMedFrance) August 5, 2021
As a reminder, Céline Schmitt, the spokesperson in France of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, called at the beginning of July Europe to equip itself as an “emergency” with an automatic, predictable and solidarity-based distribution mechanism for migrants. helped.
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