ALBAWABA - The Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee announced Saturday that 128 migrants were rescued by the Ocean Viking rescue vessel off the coast of Libya, AFP reported.
The SOS Mediterranee said that the rescue of the 128 migrants was carried out in three operations.
First, it added that on Friday, the Ocean Viking conducted two successful rescues following alerts. In the first operation, 33 migrants were taken from a boat that was "unseaworthy", and on which no one was wearing a life jacket.
Furthermore, after a few hours, an additional 34 migrants were saved in similar circumstances, AFP added.
On Saturday, more warnings were received by the Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee which confirmed that the Ocean Viking saved an extra 61 migrants, including three women and two children, from a wooden boat.
On the other hand, the Libyan Interior Ministry announced in a Facebook post on Friday that it rescued 147 migrants of various Arab and African nationalities off the coast of Zuwara in western Libya.
