Rescuers Pull 394 Migrants From Dangerously Overcrowded Boat Off Tunisia

Rescuers Pull 394 Migrants From Dangerously Overcrowded Boat Off Tunisia
A migrant prepares to climb on board the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 from a rescue RHIB (rigid hulled inflatable boat) in international waters north of Libya, in the western Mediterranean Sea, on Aug. 2, 2021. Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters
Reuters
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ABOARD SEA-WATCH 3, MediterraneanTwo humanitarian rescue ships pulled 394 migrants from a dangerously overcrowded wooden boat in the Mediterranean overnight on Sunday in an operation lasting about six hours, a Reuters witness said.

Sea-Watch 3, a vessel run by German NGO Sea Watch, and Ocean Viking, run by European charity SOS Mediterranee, rescued the migrants in international waters off Tunisia 68 km (40 miles) from the North African coast, near oil facilities and other ships.