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~120 people on a boat in distress just alerted us from international waters! They fled from #Libya and are at sea for over 12 hours already. They say the engine doesn't work anymore and the boat is deflating! RCC Malta and MRCC Rome: act quickly and launch a SAR operation!
The people in distress say that there are 24 minors on board. None of the ~120 people wears a life vest! We believe this boat was spotted earlier by the aircraft #Moonbird of @seawatch_intl. Rescue must be launched immediately!
We believe this boat in distress spotted by #Moonbird is the one that reached out to Alarm Phone. One of the tubes is deflating. Such an overcrowded dinghy can collapse at any moment.
Europe, mobilise all available rescue assets before it is too late!
#Osprey, an aerial asset of the EU border agency @Frontex is at the scene of distress. Instead of rescuing, Europe sends only aerial assets to observe from the sky how people suffer at sea.
Stop watching, start rescuing!
During the night, the ~120 (in the end 131) people in distress were found by the so-called Libyan coastguard and returned to Libya. While we are relieved that they survived, we fear for their lives in Libya, a warzone where torture, rape and imprisonment are systemic conditions.
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