A group of 265 migrants, 96 of which were rescued in Malta’s Search-And-Rescue zone, will be taken to Sicily after Maltese authorities allegedly ignored distress calls, according to the NGO Open Arms. Last Saturday an Open Arms rescue ship rescued 97 migrants trying to cross to Europe from Libya. The Open Arms vessel was already carrying 169 people from a previous rescue mission in Libya’s SAR zone on New Year’s Eve. Between the two rescue missions, 265 migrants were left stranded without a safe port to disembark at. pic.twitter.com/i4m6SGNWh0 — Oscar Camps (@campsoscar) January 3, 2021Oscar Camps, founder of the Open Arms NGO, posted the above video on Twitter yesterday showing the conditions on board.

Source: Libya Today January 04, 2021 09:22 UTC