We just alerted @Armed_Forces_MT about a boat in distress in their #SAR zone. On board 50 ppl - reportedly includ. 10 women & 5 children.
We urge the authorities in #Malta to send a vessel quickly & not delay SAR operations again like at the beginning of this week.
#safepassage
We repeatedly called @Armed_Forces_MT between 15.55 and 17.25 CEST to communicate the new GPS positions of the boat in distress & to ask whether they are taking responsibility for the case but they are again not reachable. We urgently ask the authorities in #Malta to take action!
@Armed_Forces_MT The #migrants have been at sea for 17 hours & they are urgently asking for help. Our last contact with them was at 17.00 CEST, when they said: „The boat is leaking.” It’s getting dark in the #Med and we still do not know if #Malta is organising a rescue. Don’t let them drown!
BREAKING: so-called Libyan coastguard intercepts boat from Maltese #SAR!
At 21:32 CEST we talked to the coordinating authority, RCC #Malta, who told us that the LYCG had intercepted the boat from Maltese SAR at 34°47’N, 012°37’E - a clear violation of international law!
RCC #Malta delegated the operation to an EU-financed militia, who is intercepting the people to a war zone. Malta is fully responsible for this violation of international conventions - unless the LYCG are going to hand over the people to a vessel going in to a Port of Safety.
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