The Emergency Life Support ship is heading towards the boat with five hundred people that is already taking on water. On board there are 45 women, including several pregnant women, and 56 children, one born last night.

"The boat, which left days ago from Cyrenaica, is located in the Maltese SAR area. We will arrive around 22 pm tonight - comments Albert Mayordomo, head of mission of Life Support -. It's a race against time, trying to save the lives of as many people as possible"