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Bleeding pregnant woman one of 45 migrants rescued from wooden ship near Malta
A map of the Mediterranean showing a grey circle representing the position of the migrant's ship near Malta

A BLEEDING pregnant woman in need of urgent medical care was one of approximately 45 migrants on board a stranded wooden boat in Malta’s territorial waters today. 

At 8am this morning the boat she was on contacted Alarm Phone, an independent support service for migrants attempting to reach Europe from across the Mediterranean, saying they had left Tripoli in Libya two days ago, that they have no water left and the pregnant woman may have lost her child. 

 

Breaking: Wooden boat with 45 people, including several women and children, near #Malta in distress! At 8.59am CEST we were alerted by a group of #migrants who had left from Tripoli in #Libya. At 9.10am we informed the Maltese authorities. #safepassage pic.twitter.com/fQfkm6HaYT

— Alarm Phone (@alarm_phone) September 18, 2019
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