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85 migrants rescued in Libyan SAR zone
On the night of Jan 20, the 'Ocean Viking' rescued 85 people, including three newborns and three pregnant women, who were on board a dinghy that ran into trouble in the Libyan SAR zone. One of the migrants was also a young teen. Their boat was extremely overcrowded and was reaching a breaking point after taking on water. Authorities assigned Genova as a port to disembark the migrants, forcing the 'Ocean Viking' to undertake a four-day-long journey far from the area. The government of Premier Giorgia Meloni has promoted a practice of sending NGO rescue ships operating in the Central Mediterranean to ports far from the SAR area, ostensibly in order to take pressure off Sicilian ports and reception facilities.
163 migrants rescued in two missions
On Jan 4, 2025, the "Ocean Viking" has rescued 129 people from distress in the Mediterranean. Among those rescued between Italy and Greece were 43 children and 43 women, the organization SOS Méditerranée said. The ship was now heading to the port of Ravenna. In total, the "Ocean Viking" has 163 rescued people on board, after it had already rescued 34 people from Gambia and Syria on Jan 2.
At least 60 migrants died, 25 rescued
At least 60 people, including several women and one child, died in a shipwreck in the central Mediterranean, according to survivors rescued during the recent hours by the 'Ocean Viking', the NGO SOS Mediterranéerevealed on Dec 19. The 'Ocean Viking' rescued 25 survivors on Dec 18 , two of whom, who were unresponsive, were urgently evacuated to Sicily due to their critical condition in cooperation with the Italian Coast Guard. After their boat had left from the Libyan town of Zauiya, it spent nearly a week adrift at sea before being remarked. All survivors were under medical care.
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