- Migrants: shipwreck in the Aegean Sea, 4 missing
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July 24, 2020"The situation is critical, the dinghy is taking on water and one of the inner tubes is deflating." To identify the boat with about 110 migrants is Alarm Phone. The people explained again in the tweet they left from Libya and are in the Maltese "Sar" area.
The NGO quotes the images taken from the Sea Watch plane "People are panicking" continues Alarm Phone, reporting that it has already received requests for help from people on board but also from relatives on the ground. "We have warned - reads the tweet - the authorities and invoked an immediate relief operation" both to the Italian and the Maltese Coast Guard.
đ! 2nd boat in distress!
~ 110 lives are at risk in Malta SAR zone. The Alarm Phone was alerted to a large rubber boat in distress escaping from #Libya. The people are in panic, calling for help! We informed authorities and asked for the immediate launch of a rescue operation. pic.twitter.com/xT439hPemP
Another request for help comes from the Sea Watch. Another wooden boat with 70 people on board was spotted 4 nautical miles from the dinghy in difficulty. Also in this case, the intervention of the authorities of Malta and Italy has been requested