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Sea-Eye rescues 44 migrants off Libya's coast | ||
2019-07-09 | ||
[DW] German rescue boat "Alan Kurdi" has picked up 44 people that were stranded off the Libyan coast. The rescue comes a day after the same boat handed over 65 Sea-Eye wrote on Twitter that the Maltese navy had aided the rescue attempt: "The Alan Kurdi has rescued 44 persons from a wooden boat in cooperation with Maltese authorities." The German rescue mission added: "A ship of the Maltese Navy is now on its way to take the people from the Alan Kurdi and bring them to Land." The Maltese authorities, however, have not confirmed their participation.
The rescued The Maltese authorities asked a nearby freighter to coordinate the rescue, which told the Sea-Eye to take those in distress on board. "Forty-four people, including four women and three children," were brought aboard the Alan Kurdi, Sea-Eye said. The children are 15 months, three and five years old. The people come from Syria, Libya, Pakistain, Bangladesh and Guinea.
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