Spanish NGO rescue ship Open Arms counted at least six people dead by drowning among 120 migrants it rescued from the waters of the central Mediterranean after their dinghy sunk. Though the SOS had been sent out two days ago, a baby aged six months died today, onboard the vessel, vainly waiting for rescue. Photo: Oscar Camps (@campsoscar). |
A migrant reacts as he disembarks the Spanish rescue ship Open Arms, after it arrived in Lampedusa, Italy. Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters.
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Spanish rescue ship Open Arms with migrants aboard arrives in Lampedusa, Italy after 19-day standoff. Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters.
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Spanish migrant rescue ship Open Arms lies anchored close to the Italian shore, as people relax on the beach in Lampedusa, Italy August 17, 2019. Photo: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters.
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A migrant reads verses of the Quran aboard the Open Arms, a Spanish charity boat, as it arrives near the coast of Lampedusa in the Mediterranean Sea, Thursday, August 15, 2019. A Spanish aid boat with 147 rescued migrants aboard is anchored off the southern Italian island as Italy’s far-right interior minister continues to refuse permission for the boat to dock. Photo: Francisco Gentico/AP.
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Mediterranean Sea: The NGO Proactiva Open Arms’ migrant rescue boat “Astral”. Photo: Juan Medina/Reuters.
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Barcelona, Spain: Members of the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms place a lifejacket on a statue of Christopher Columbus on the day their ship arrives carrying 60 people rescued off Libya. Photo: Emilio Morenatti/AP.
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A migrant sits on the deck of the boat of the NGO Proactiva Open Arms, where 59 migrants from Libya wait to dock in Barcelona, Spain. Photo: AFP/Olmo Calvo.
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Mediterranean Sea: Migrants chat onboard a vessel of the NGO Proactiva Open Arms. The Spanish NGO said it had rescued 59 migrants as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya and would dock in Barcelona in Spain after Italy and Malta refused access. Photo: Olmo Calvo/AFP/Getty Images.
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