The "Ocean Viking" has only been sailing in the central Mediterranean for a few days, but there are already about 130 rescued on board.
Rome - The sea rescuers of the private organization SOS Mediterranee have brought around 90 boat migrants to safety in the central Mediterranean.
In a fourth rescue, the crew of the "Ocean Viking" took in almost 70 people, as the organization announced on Sunday.
Among them were 20 unaccompanied minors.
130 rescued people on board
Previously, the organization said it had brought 21 people to safety.
It was said that there were slightly more than 130 rescued persons on the "Ocean Viking".
The crew has been in the central Mediterranean for a few days to rescue migrants from distress at sea who set off from North Africa in mostly small and often overcrowded boats for the EU.
On Saturday evening, the United Nations Refugee Agency reported that the Libyan Coast Guard took more than 120 people into the Mediterranean and brought them back to Libya.
After a boat accident off the coast of Tunisia, 43 migrants were also missing on Saturday.
A spokesman for the Tunisian Red Crescent said your boat sank during the attempted crossing from Libya to Europe.
dpa
