“The rescued people report that many people have died and are now missing,” the NGO said on Wednesday.
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L’Ocean Vikingthe ambulance ship chartered by SOS Méditerranée, rescued on Wednesday March 13, off the coast of Libya, 25 people who were in “a drifting inflatable boat” Since “about a week”said the NGO in a press release. “Those rescued report that many people are believed to have died and are now missing”specifies SOS Méditerranée.
“A massive medical relief plan had to be put in place to take care of the survivors who were in an extremely precarious physical and mental state”continues the NGO, adding that“an urgent medical evacuation request was sent for two people found unconscious and in critical condition.”
SOS Méditerranée has rescued more than 39,000 people in the Mediterranean since 2016, mainly in the central Mediterranean, the most dangerous migration route in the world. In 2023, 3,105 migrants died or went missing after trying to cross the Mediterranean to reach Europe, according to the latest figures from the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Since January, 278 migrants have died or gone missing, according to the same source.
