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Pregnant woman airlifted from overcrowded migrant rescue ship in the Mediterranean
Sea-Eye's rescue ship Alan Kurdi, named after the three-year-old Kurdish Syrian refugee who was pictured lying dead on a Turkish beach in 2015

A GERMAN humanitarian aid group says a pregnant woman has been airlifted from its overcrowded and under-stocked rescue ship in the Mediterranean.

Sea-Eye said this morning a 23-year-old Nigerian woman had suffered an epileptic seizure and was evacuated to Malta from its ship the Alan Kurdi, named after the three-year-old Kurdish Syrian refugee who was pictured lying dead on a Turkish beach in 2015.

The night on the #AlanKurdi. @JosephMuscat_JM please help the 62 rescued people.#saveLives pic.twitter.com/RLhZt2IXuL

— sea-eye (@seaeyeorg) April 11, 2019

#Interview mit Benjamin an Bord der #AlanKurdi „they use us blacks for slaves“ pic.twitter.com/kIE0OutCwy

— sea-eye (@seaeyeorg) April 7, 2019
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