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More than 800 refugees on two rescue ships waiting for authorities to allow them to come ashore
A Maltese helicopter evacuates one person for medical reasons and five family members from the Sea-Watch 3
MORE than 800 refugees onboard two civilian-run rescue ships in the central Mediterranean urgently need to come ashore, their rescuers said today — but the European authorities have so far ignored their calls.
The Ocean Viking, now carrying 553 survivors, and the Sea-Watch 3, with 257 more, began a series of rescues in waters off Libya and Malta last Friday with next to no help from the coastguards.
In one dramatic five-hour rescue late on Saturday the ships saved 400 people travelling in one wooden boat from drowning.
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