Marseille-SANA
The international organization SOS Mediterranean announced that the rescue ship Ocean Viking rescued 369 migrants who were on a boat in the Mediterranean, in the sixth rescue operation within days.
AFP quoted the organization as saying in a tweet today: that the boat was monitored by radar, and the rescue operation lasted five hours. person.
The organization also announced that the rescue ship (Ocean Viking) rescued 71 migrants who were on board a wooden boat that was overloaded in the Maltese search and rescue area.
The Mediterranean is witnessing continuous attempts by illegal immigrants to reach Europe via Italy, Spain and others, where more than 1,200 migrants died in 2020.