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Sixty-five people, including one person with disability, two babies and five children were rescued off the coast of Libya, Sea-Watch said on Wednesday. Eleven women were also on-board a rubber boat found 30 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. Many of thoNo comment from Malta as 65 people are rescued off Libya
Sixty-five people, including one person with disability, two babies and five children were rescued off the coast of Libya, Sea-Watch said on Wednesday. Eleven women were also on-board a rubber boat found 30 nautical miles off the Libyan coast. Many of those rescued showed signs of dehydration, exhaustion and sea-sickness, Sea-Watch said. The rubber boat had been spotted earlier by the civilian reconnaissance aircraft Colibri. Authorities in Malta, Italy, Libya and the Netherlands, which is the flag state of the Sea-Watch 3, have all been informed, the organisation said. The future for the 65 rescued is still unclear, with a spokesman for the NGO saying the vessel had no clear direction for a port of safety. AFM declines to comment Contacted about the incident, a spokeswoman for the Armed Forces of Malta declined to comment, saying it had nothing to add to the Sea-Watch statement. Read: Italy's Salvini wants fines of up to €5,500 for every rescued migrant The Sea-Watch 3 is currently the only dedicated rescue ship in the Mediterranean, which has long been described as the «deadliest strip of sea» worldwide. The rescue comes on the day a memorial plaque was laid down to... Read more