Nearly 500 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by two boats run by aid agencies were looking for safe ports in Malta and Italy, the groups said Monday. Another 78 people were taken on board the Alan Kurdi, run by the Sea-Eye organisation based in Germany. "Ocean Viking has rescued 184 men, women and children in distress... on two inflatable rafts," off the Libyan coast, MSF tweeted. "With five night-time operations carried out in less than 72 hours, that's a total of 407 survivors who are now safely on board," MSF added. In 2019, the International Organization of Migrants recorded 1,283 deaths in the Mediterranean, the deadliest route for migrants attempting the perilous crossing from North Africa to Italy.

Source: Libya Today January 27, 2020 12:22 UTC