Spanish aid workers rescue 218 migrants in the Med in one day, including newborn baby
Monday, April 3, 2017 @ 11:50 AM
A SPANISH charity has just rescued 218 migrants from certain death in the Mediterranean, including a four-day-old baby girl.
Proactiva Open Arms, which works off the coasts of Greece, Italy, Malta and Libya, detected a blow-up boat in trouble around 22 miles off the coast of Sabratha, in the latter country, carrying would-be immigrants from north and central Africa, Yemen and Sri Lanka.
Of the total of 480 refugees saved on Saturday alone, nearly half of them were rescued by Spaniards working for Proactiva.
They included a Nigerian woman and a man from Ghana, along with their baby daughter, who had not long been born.
“Four days of life for this little girl – a future ahead of her and all of our care to help,” tweeted charity founder Oscar Camps.
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