Photos: Another tragedy evaded as 273 African migrants are rescued today in the Mediterranean

September 14, 2016 8:03 PM — Linda Ikeji

At least 273 lives were rescued by the Migrant Offshore Station (MOAS) responder crew this morning, September 14th. Despite the boats having taken on a lot of water and the African migrants falling into the sea, MOAS search-and-rescue crew was quick to deploy the CentiFloat in order to avoid another tragedy. 


Safe aboard the Responder, post-rescue care was administered by the Italian Red Cross -Croce Italiana, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies medics. 

Water was distributed as people began to recover and started to feel safe for the first time in a long while. 

This post first appeared on Linda Ikeji's Blog. Read the original story here.

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