Eight migrants are missing off Libya, the Alarm Phone rescue alert service said Wednesday.
The service got a phone call about 6 a.m. from a dinghy in difficulty carrying around 20 people including women and children, it said.
+++ #Alarmphone was called this morning at approx. 6am CEST by 20ppl, incl. women & children in distress off the coast of #Libya +++
They report that 8ppl have fallen into the sea and are missing. They lost their engine, water is coming into their boat. Authorities are informed.— @alarmphone (@alarm_phone) April 10, 2019
The migrants told Alarm Phone that eight people were missing at sea and the dinghy was shipping water.
All competent authorities have been alerted, Alarm Phone said.
The Mediterranea Saving Humans migrant rescue NGO said: “urgent intervention is needed to save these people”.
🔴🔴🔴 Alle 6 di questa mattina @alarm_phone ha avvisato le autorità di Roma, Valletta e Tunisi di una nave alla deriva a largo della #Libia. 20 persone a bordo, hanno perso il motore e 8 sono dispersi in mare. La barca è stata avvistata dall'aereo Moonbird di @SeaWatchItaly
— Mediterranea Saving Humans (@RescueMed) April 10, 2019
Italy has closed its ports to migrant rescue NGO ships.
Via ANSA and Alarm Phone
