440 migrants rescued in Mediterranean
Apr 06, 2023
Rome [Italy], April 6: The Geo Barents sea rescue vessel operated by Doctors Without Bordershas taken 440 migrants aboard after rescuing them from small boats in the Mediterranean, the organization said on Wednesday. The complicated 11-hour operation already began on Tuesday, with the last migrants brought aboard the ship in the early hours of Wednesday, MSFTweeted. Thirty children and eight women are among the rescued. Immediately after the rescue operation, an unconscious person was taken by helicopter to Malta due to severe dehydration, the organization said.