The rescue ship "Ocean Viking" of the aid organization SOS Méditerranée has rescued 114 people from the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya.

The organization announced on Thursday that ten women and 30 minors were among the rescued.

Accordingly, the search for the rubber dinghy was carried out for one night in international waters.

Of the underage refugees, 26 were unaccompanied.

Two newborns were also saved, the youngest only eleven days old.

The "Ocean Viking" is operated by SOS Méditerrannée together with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

The aid organizations often have to wait several days to be assigned a safe haven to enter.

The “Ocean Viking” last arrived in Italy at the beginning of November with 314 migrants.

306 refugees were finally allowed to go ashore in Augusta, Sicily, after several evacuations for medical reasons had already taken place.

The Tunisian Red Cross and the authorities in Tunis announced on Wednesday that 78 migrants had been rescued off the south-east coast of the country.

A refugee from Egypt was killed there, according to the Defense Ministry.

The migrants came from Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sudan, Guinea and Ghana.

Her damaged ship sank 20 kilometers from the city of Ras Ajdir.

According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), almost 23,000 people have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean trying to get to Europe since 2014.

Since the beginning of this year alone, more than 1,600 people are said to have died or disappeared during the dangerous crossing.