(ANSA) - PALERMO, JANUARY 23 - Lanave Geo Barents of Doctors Without Borders is sailing towards the North who rescued 439 migrants in six different rescue operations off the Libyan coast, the last of which took place on January 21 last.
The humanitarian organization asked the Italian authorities and twice to Malta for the assignment of the "safe harbor", but received a sharp refusal from the authorities of Valletta.
The situation on board the ship, where the MSF health team is treating numerous minors and people subjected to torture and violence in Libyan detention camps, is increasingly difficult, as Riccardo Gatti, head of the Geo Barents rescue operation, also points out in a video message. .
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