REFUGEES are threatening to jump overboard from an NGO rescue ship that has been waiting for Italy and Malta to respond to its persistent requests for a port of safety. Since last Thursday the Ocean Viking’s crew has rescued 180 people in four operations within the Maltese and Italian search and rescue region. “We have sent five requests to Italian and Maltese maritime authorities for a port of disembarkation to be assigned. “Survivors have told our teams they had spent two to five days at sea before being rescued by the Ocean Viking. This means that some of the 180 survivors have been in precarious conditions at sea since more than eight days.

Source: Libya Today July 02, 2020 16:30 UTC