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Added on the 01/05/2021 15:14:21 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
On board the Ocean Viking, off the shores of southern Europe, tension is mounting among migrants rescued at sea. Some 118 of them fled Libya and were rescued five days ago by the SOS Méditerranée aid ship, which is circling waiting to be assigned a port of disembarkation. IMAGES
A bus carrying migrants rescued off the coast of Libya arrives at a vacation centre on the Giens peninsula in Hyères, a town about 20 kilometers east of Toulon in southern France. IMAGES
Buses under police escort enter and leave the city of Toulon, in southern France, as 230 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya are transferred by bus to a vacation centre on the Giens peninsula in Hyères, a town about 20 kilometers east of Toulon. IMAGES
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
67 migrants aboard a wooden boat are rescued by the humanitarian boat Ocean Viking. It had been drifting for two days in the Mediterranean Sea. IMAGES