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Seasick kids on refugee ship in urgent need of reaching dry land, rescuers say
‘The 373 people we have on board the Ocean Viking all deserve the right to disembark in a place of safety,’ the ship's comms officer tells the Star
Refugees and crew members on board the Ocean Viking [Fabian Mondl / SOS Mediterranee]

SEASICK kids on board a charity’s refugee rescue ship now being tossed around in the central Mediterranean are struggling to keep their food down.

SOS Mediterranee’s ship the Ocean Viking is now carrying 373 refugees rescued from four boats in international waters off the coast of Libya over the weekend.

Among the rescued are 21 babies, 35 children and 131 unaccompanied minors.

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