European SOS Mediterranee Marine Humanitarian organization for Rescue of life in Mediterranean, save a group of immigrants from a ship in distress late on Friday.
the crew of ocean viking took nearly 60 people on board From an overcrowded wooden boat in Maltese search and rescue area during the fifth mission within 36 hoursThe organization He said early Saturday.
Among those who were rescued baby It is only a few weeks old. According to SOS Mediterranee, there are currently Approximately 270 immigrants on board Viking ocean.
Most of The people set off from the coasts of North Africa, for Example from Libya or Tunisia, to get to the European Union via Mediterranean.
Special aid organizations regularly come to area to save people at sea
Italian authorities – often after a long wait – then allow Migrants to get off on The small Island of Lampedusa, Sicily, or the southern mainland.
Right-wing parties in Italy announced in The current election campaign that they want to stop the arrival of immigrants.
