The Aurora vessel operated by the
charity Sea Watch has departed from Lampedusa and is travelling
to the oil rig Miskar off Tunisia to rescue a group of migrants
who have been stranded there for four days, sources within the
migrant-rescue NGO said on Tuesday.
A reconnaissance plane operated by Sea Watch first sighted the
group on the oil platform on Saturday, with an empty rubber
dinghy floating nearby, the organization said.
The 32 people, including women and children, had departed from
Libya, according to the same sources.
They are in need of help, nobody else is rescuing them and the
platform is unfit to take care of them, said the NGO.
One of the dinghy's passengers has allegedly died, according to
the NGO Mediterranea saving Humans and Sea Watch.
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