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FRANKFURT, April 7 — German NGO Sea Eye was seeking a safe port today after it saved 150 people from small boats in distress off the Libyan coast. The vessel pulled 68 people from the Mediterranean yesterday morning before picking up dozens more later, the group said in a statement. Sea Eye—the...

The German NGO Sea-Eye is currently the only one operating since the coronavirus outbreak. — Reuters pic

The vessel pulled 68 people from the Mediterranean yesterday morning before picking up dozens more later, the group said in a statement. Meanwhile, Italy and Malta “made clear to the foreign ministry that they would not agree to rescued people disembarking” even if there was an agreement to share them out among EU member states.

Underlining the risks it took to save the migrants, Sea Eye said crew of a boat flying the Libyan flag had fired shots in the air during the rescue.

 

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