More than 350 migrants have been rescued off the Libyan coast by the Ocean Viking humanitarian vessel in just two days, a European NGO running the boat said today. SOS Mediterranee said that “106 people were rescued… in international waters 28 nautical miles (50 kilometres) from the Libyan coast” yesterday evening. SOS Mediterranee said its calls for aid on Saturday afternoon to Libyan officials went unheeded and “we then asked Maltese and Italian maritime authorities for help.”“The weather is worsening. Since Thursday, a total of 374 people have been rescued by the Ocean Viking, of whom 165 are children, SOS Mediterranee said. The Ocean Viking took to the seas on January 11 after being blocked in Italy for five months before being released in December.

Source: Libya Today January 23, 2021 17:37 UTC