The NGO is launching an additional vessel amid a spike in the number of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea. The German migrant rescue organization Sea-Eye is bolstering its fleet with an additional rescue ship, the NGO announced on Sunday. The vessel named Sea-Eye 4 is currently stationed in northern Germany and will begin work as soon as possible, the organization said. According to the Sea-Eye website, the ship will be its fourth rescue boat. On Saturday, the migrant rescue ship Open Arms transferred 255 migrants to Italian authorities in Sicily after the Spanish NGO noticed their boats in distress in the Mediterranean Sea earlier this week.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 16, 2020 08:03 UTC