The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has picked up 128 stranded migrants in three operations off the coast of Libya, the Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee, which runs the ship, said Saturday. On Friday night, the Ocean Viking carried out two rescues following alerts received on a migrant alert phone number, both in “the Libyan search and rescue region”. The Ocean Viking rescue vesselFour hours later, 34 other migrants were rescued in similar circumstances. Several of those picked up had severe fuel burns, with one collapsing after boarding Ocean Viking, the NGO. Then on Saturday afternoon, following a distress signal relayed by a fishing vessel, the Ocean Viking rescued 61 more people, including three women and two children, from a wooden boat in distress in international waters off Libya.

Source: Libya Today November 14, 2023 14:28 UTC