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51 migrants rescued, 10 died in Central Mediterranean
51 migrants were rescued and another 10 found dead inside a wooden boat in the Central Mediterranean by the 'Nadir' of the NGO Resqship, when the boat was already full of water when it was located on the night of June 16, 2024. The survivors, two of them unconscious, were receiving urgent medical attention after being freed from inside the boat with an ax. The engine of the overcrowded boat was broken. The 'Nadir' was able to provide the castawys with rescue equipment and, in consultation with the authorities, pulled the boat towards Lampedusa. On the morning the Italian Coastguard arrived and took everyone on board. Report with photo:s https://news.sky.com/story/11-migrants-dead-and-dozens-missing-after-two-shipwrecks-off-coast-of-italy-13149791
300 migrants escorted towards Lampedusa
300 migrants, who were adrift Malta’s SAR zone, have been reached by the 'Nadir'. On Oct 21, Alarm Phone alerted the authorities to the case, saying relatives of people on board had informed the NGO and provided a GPS position. It was only at around noon that Alarm Phone managed to make contact with the vessel, with the people on board reporting that the waves were very high and that they were at risk of drowning. Eventually Alarm Phone was provided with another GPS position of the boat showing that the vessel was further into the Maltese SAR region. In the afternoon, Resqship reported that the 'Nadir', together with Seabird, found the overcrowded fishing boat and was escorting it towards Lampedusa.
NGO ship rescued 170 migrants
In the night of Aug 3, the "Nadir" took 170 people on board, including several pregnant women, and thus saved them from drowning in the Mediterranean. The crew initially stabilized the refugees in four boats and asked for help, especially for two women who were pregnant in the ninth months. Since the Italian authorities had no ship available to evacuate the women and it could not be waited any longer, the crew took everyone on board. The Italian Coastguard then took over 60 people, including the emergencies. The “Nadir” brought the 110 remaining people ashore in Lampedusa in the afternoon of Aug 4.
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