Photo Story: Migrant swimming to safety

A Libyan migrant has been filmed being picked up by a private tug boat after jumping from a vessel that suffered technical failure.

The man was one of a number of migrants on a boat in the Mediterranean taking them away from Libya.

You can see video here. 

Sky News reports that the man jumped when it was approached by the Libyan coast guard, and headed for the tug, called the Vos Triton, which was a few hundred metres away.

Sea Watch, a non-profit rescue organisation, said its search and rescue aircraft, Moonbird, contacted the tug boat and advised the crew to stop the engine, asking them to “take all necessary steps to rescue the person”.

Via Sky News