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[STATEMENT] 234 survivors on Ocean Viking must disembark swiftly in a Place of Safety as per Maritime law

Between October 22 and October 26, the Ocean Viking rescued 234 women, children and men, including over 40 unaccompanied minors, found in grave and imminent danger of being lost at …

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Eight days waiting on Ocean Viking amid overwhelming medical needs: SOS MEDITERRANEE and IFRC call for 460 survivors’ right to disembark

(Marseille/Budapest/Geneva – 2 September 2022) 460 women, children, babies and men are stuck in limbo waiting to disembark. Some with overwhelming medical needs have been stuck onboard eight days after …

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SOS MEDITERRANEE, MSF and SEA-WATCH alert on the critical risk of more deaths in the central Mediterranean this summer in the absence of European state led search and rescue operation

Central Mediterranean, 3rd August 2022 – In this summer season, SOS MEDITERRANEE, MSF and SEA-WATCH urgently call for the provision of European state-led search and rescue maritime assets in the central …

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