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NGO ship released by court in Agrigento

The "Aurora," operated by the German aid organization Sea-Watch, has been allowed to leave the port of Lampedusa. A court in the Sicilian city of Agrigento suspended the administrative detention that had been in effect since July 14. The boat had rescued 70 people in distress and had sailed to Lampedusa, even though the authorities had assigned them the more distant port of Pozzallo in Sicily. However, due to poor weather conditions, continuing the journey would have been irresponsible. Accordingly, the authorities had been informed of the change of course, and the "Aurora" had docked in Lampedusa with their express consent. The court found that the captain had acted in compliance with international law, and the detention was a political attempt to hinder civilian sea rescue.

Hundreds of migrants rescued by NGO ships

On May 8, 2025, the 'Sea-Watch 5' rescued 190 people from two boats in distress in the Mediterranean Sea- The ship was directed to Civitavecchia, which has been assigned to us as a safe port. Four days earlier, the team on the 'Aurora', which belongs to the same NGO, had already rescued 71 migrants during the night of May 3-4. On May 1, the 'Sea-Watch 5' had already assisted 109 people and disembarked them on May 3. tjem returning to the rescue zone. That day, 104 migrants, including 41 minors, were initially rescued from a boat. Five more people were then picked up directly from the water while the humanitarian vessel searched for another boat in distress. Teams aboard the 'Ocean Viking' pulled 108 people from the water on the morning of May 5. The crew had spotted two overloaded boats in distress in the Libyan search and rescue zone. An 11-month-old baby was among the survivors. Many were suffering from exhaustion and seasickness, requiring urgent medical attention. The ship got assigned Ortona, located 1,296 km from the rescue zone, as safe port. Report with photos: https://www.infomigrants.net/fr/post/64459/mer-mediterranee--190-migrants-secourus-par-le-navire-humanitaire-seawatch-5

32 migtrants rescued from Miskar platform

On March 4, the 'Aurora' has rescued 32 people from the oil platform 'Miskar ' in the Gulf of Gabes in the central Mediterranean, where they had been stranded since March 1. Despite the imminent emergency, informed European authorities had not launched rescue operations, although the people were in international waters, on the border of the Tunisian and Maltese search and rescue (SAR) zone, despite appeals to Maltese, Tunisian and Italian authorities, The castaways were picked up by the German humanitarian ship and received first aid on board. Everyone was in pretty good health. The ship has not yet been assigned a safe port. A reconnaissance aircraft operated by Sea Watch first spotted the group on the oil platform on March 1, with an empty rubber dinghy floating nearby. The 32 people, including women and children, had set off from Libya. The Miskar platform is owned by the British gas supplier British Gas. In recent days, NGOs have complained that, no one has organized the rescue of the migrants on the platform. Report with photo: https://www.tunisienumerique.com/les-32-migrants-bloques-sur-une-plateforme-gaziere-au-large-de-la-tunisie-ont-ete-secourus/#google_vignette