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Added on the 09/01/2019 15:33:06 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Supported by the Moonbird plane, the German NGO Sea-Watch says it rescued 363 migrants trapped in the Mediterranean Sea between the 26th and the 28th of February. IMAGES of rescue operations
Migrants on board the Ocean Viking explode with joy after Italy said they would be authorised to land in Sicily. The rescue ship, operated by French NGO SOS Mediterranee, is now heading for the port of Porto Empedocle where it expects to arrive by Monday. IMAGES
The German NGO Sea Watch rescued around 100 migrants off of Libya on Wednesday, saying the Libyan coastguard would have turned them back to shore if the humanitarian group had not intervened. IMAGES
Applause, explosion of joy, songs and hugs break out on the deck of the Ocean Viking ship as six EU countries agreed to take in the 356 migrants stranded on the rescue ship in the Mediterranean after 14 days at sea. IMAGES
The charity ship Sea Watch 3, which is carrying 47 rescued migrants, docks in the Sicilian port of Catania, where the crew feared legal action as Italy's far-right interior minister tries to stop new arrivals. IMAGES of Sea Watch 3 entering the port of Catania