Migrants, Sea Eye: five rescues in 48 hours, 330 people on board the ship

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May 17, 2021 Fifth Rescue for Sea-Eye 4. Another boat with 99 people was spotted overnight, most of whom claim to be from Syria. There are now about 330 refugees on the German NGO ship. "The crew works to the limit," says the NGO.

Shortly before the ship had received the announcement of the "fourth rescue in 48 hours". And the NGO wrote: "The fourth aid was successful, but these people need to be welcomed".

Over 650 people found at sea were reported to Tripoli yesterday by the Libyan Coast Guard: the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Libya reported on Twitter. The migrants had "departed aboard 4 rubber boats from Zwara, and were intercepted / rescued and brought back in two different landings", explains UNHCR, stressing that "urgent humanitarian and medical assistance" was offered.

You still land in Lampedusa. After the 16 Tunisians, including a minor, who landed yesterday on the largest of the Pelagie Islands, a boat with 61 people on board was rescued during the night, including 8 minors and 5 women, two of them pregnant. Shortly thereafter, another sea cart with 73 migrants, all men, was intercepted. After an initial health triage, they were taken to the hotspot in the Imbriacola district, where, before the last arrivals, there were about 220 guests.