The migrant rescue charity Sea-Eye has accused the Maltese rescue coordination centre of refusing to coordinate rescue efforts for a distress call from migrants at sea inside the Maltese search and rescue zone. Sea-Eye said that on 12 May, oil tanker Ross Sea approached the wooden boat. Why didn’t Malta directly ask Ross Sea to rescue the people? The Sea-Eye 4 reached the wooden boat on Friday 14 May, to safely take all 24 people on board and provide them with first aid. In this case Malta had refused to coordinate the rescue operation as well, so the MRCC Bremen stepped in.

Source: Libya Today May 14, 2022 06:23 UTC