The non-governmental organization (NGO) ship Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Geo Barents today rescued about 300 people from a ship in distress just hours after starting a new mission in the Central Mediterranean.
The rescue operation lasted more than four hours. “Our team is restless: having just completed their training and entered the search and rescue area of Malta, Geo Barents today rescued about 300 people, including many women and children, from an overcrowded and endangered ship,” she wrote. public organization in social networks. .
An MSF ship that disembarked 75 migrants rescued a few hours earlier in Naples, southern Italy, located the ship using Alarm Phone, an organization that receives calls from migrants in distress at sea.