🆘 A boat with ~50 people on board, risking their lives to flee the horrors of Libya, is in distress in Malta SAR zone! At 5.09 CEST we alerted Italian & Maltese authorities, but there is no indication they will intervene. @Armed_Forces_MT, you have the obligation to rescue NOW!
#Moonbird spotted the ~50 people in distress, @Armed_Forces_MT vessel was close, but left again. #Malta, do your duty and rescue the people!
WHERE ARE THEY?
The ~55 people in the blue rubber boat were spotted last time 25nm miles close to #Malta yesterday late afternoon. Since then, we have lost track of them.
We demand Maltese authorities to provide info about their fate!
@Armed_Forces_MT, is this what you call rescue? Giving out life vests and leaving people alone on an unstable rubber boat that could get into serious trouble at any moment on the high seas in no way means that you are fulfilling your duties!
Again, @Armed_Forces_MT have proven that their role is not Search & Rescue, but preventing people from reaching #Malta at any cost. Rather than rescuing people in distress, they illegally abandoned them at sea, forcing them to continue a dangerous journey to Italy.
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