More than 50 migrants went to the Italian island of Lampedusa on Sunday after a charity ship saved them from an oil platform abandoned in the Mediterranean, where a woman gave birth, according to a rescue group.
The astral ship, operated by the open coat of arms of the NGO based in Spain, saved the 54 people overnight, the Group said in a press release.
Migrants had been trapped on the oil platform for three days after their rubber boat sinking after their departure from Libya on Tuesday, Open Arms said.
On Friday, one of the migrants gave birth to a boy, while another woman had given birth a few days before. Two other young children were part of the group, said Open Arms.
The group has released images On social networks, showing rescuers helping to transfer migrants from the oil platform to the astral.
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Later Sunday, the charity said that, following the rescue of those on the oil platform, the astral fell on 109 other people, including four people in the water.
This group, which included 10 children, also left Libya, he said.
Open Arms said they provided migrants’ life jackets before being rescued by another charity ship, Louise Michel, sponsored by street artist Banksy.
Louise Michel, a former French navy ship, was carrying the migrants from Lampedusa to a safe port in Sicily, said open arms.
The Italian island has already been the sight of migrant tragedies. In December, more than 40 migrants were fear dead According to the rescue Group Compass Collective, off Lampedusa after a single 11 -year -old survivor said that the boat she was on the caps of the boat.
It is not unusual for migrants crossing the Mediterranean on boats that leaks and overcrowded to take refuge on offshore oil platforms.
As of June 1, some 23,000 migrants had reached Italy by sea this year, according to the non -Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
Earlier this year, Spanish Coast Guard rescued a baby who was born On an inflatable ship carrying migrants to the Canary Islands. The newborn was found safely with their mother on Monday, the Coast Guard service in a Message on social networks.