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Humanity 1 crew rescues 42 distressed migrants with many minors onboard
SOS Humanity International rescue ship, Humanity 1, has rescued 42 distressed migrants.
Half of the people on board were said to be minors.
According to a statement by SOS Humanity International: “In the middle of the night, our crew rescued a further 42 people, half of them minors, from an overcrowded rubber boat in distress. Again, those on board had no life-saving equipment and their engine was broken. The distress call was reported by @alarm_phone.
“Our crew is now taking care of 70 people on board, among them a 4-month-old baby as well as people who are suffering from respiratory infections and have reported torture. We are currently proceeding to Marina di #Carrara, the port assigned by Italian authorities.”
However, the statement said “with the weather en route worsening, our captain has reiterated: we need a closer place of safety! Last year Italy’s practice of assigning unnecessarily distant ports forced NGO rescue ships to travel over 150,000 kilometres – 3.5 times around the world.”