Two rescue boats carrying 800 migrants saved from sinking or overcrowded vessels have been forced to roam the international waters of the Mediterranean for more than four days, waiting for permission to dock at a safe port. After an already grueling and traumatic voyage from northern Africa on unsafe vessels organized by traffickers, the rescued migrants have been stuck on boats operated by nongovernmental humanitarian organizations, which reported food and patience were running out. “With this heat, with the limited space on the boat deck, the situation can only get worse” as the days go by, said Luisa Albera, who was on board the Ocean Viking. The boat was carrying more than 550 people rescued from six different vessels trying to cross the Strait of Sicily.
Hundreds of migrants are in limbo on rescue boats in Mediterranean – The Catholic Sun
Hundreds of migrants are in limbo on rescue boats in Mediterranean – The Catholic Sun
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