18

Nov

Minors from controversial migrant ship flee French refugee centre

PARIS (Reuters) - More than half of the 44 minors that were on board the controversial Ocean Viking refugee rescue ship have fled the French social services who were taking…

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10

Nov

France to let migrant boat dock, has harsh words for Italy, Baby dies of hypothermia on migrant boat off Lampedusa

PARIS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - France said on Thursday it would allow an NGO ship carrying over 200 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean to dock at the port of Toulon,…

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08

Aug

Photo Story: The Ocean Viking ship arrives in Pozzallo

Migrants disembark from the SOS Mediterranee NGO run search-and-rescue ship Ocean Viking in Pozzallo, Sicily Island, southern Italy, on Sunday 08 August 2021. The ship rescued some 540 migrants in…

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04

Jul

More than 200 on board Ocean Viking rescue ship in Mediterranean

Rome (dpa) - The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has pulled 67 people from the central Mediterranean Sea, SOS Mediterranee the private organization that runs the boat, said on Sunday. Twenty of those rescued…

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29

Apr

236 persons, including 114 minors rescued off Libya

Libya Observer - Italian security sources said Ocean Viking Rescue Vessel of SOS Mediterranee NGO had rescued 236 immigrants in international waters off Libya's coast. The NGO said on Twitter…

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05

Jul

180 migrants onboard Ocean Viking aid ship will disembark in Sicily

The 180 migrants on the Ocean Viking aid ship will arrive in Porto Empedocle on Monday, where they will be transferred onto another ship, the Moby Zaza, and placed in…

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27

Jan

Nearly 500 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean seek safe ports

Nearly 500 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean by two boats run by aid agencies were looking for safe ports in Malta and Italy, the groups said Monday. The Ocean Viking,…

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30

Oct

Migrants from Ocean Viking disembark in Pozzallo

Over 100 asylum seekers picked up in the Mediterranean by the NGO-run search-and-rescue ship Ocean Viking were able to disembark in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo on Wednesday. The interior…

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30

Oct

Ocean Viking gets go ahead to disembark at Pozzallo

The NGO-run search-and-rescue ship Ocean Viking will be allowed to disembark the 104 asylum seekers it rescued on October 18 in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo, the Italian interior ministry…

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18

Sep

Ocean Viking rescues another 109 migrants in Mediterranean

The Ocean Viking rescue boat picked up a total of 109 migrants off the coast of Libya on Tuesday, according to the organizations that run the charity vessel. The rescue team…

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14

Sep

Italy finally assigns safe harbor to the Ocean Viking

Italy assigned Lampedusa as a safe harbor to 82 people rescued by the charity vessel Ocean Viking, the humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders said on Twitter, on Saturday. The vessel…

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14

Sep

Baby born in Malta after AFM dramatic rescue from the Ocean Viking named ‘Goodluck’

A heavily pregnant woman who was rescued from sea in a dramatic airlift from a migrant ship has given birth to a baby boy named ‘Goodluck’. An Armed Forces of…

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23

Aug

356 persons on board Ocean Viking will disembark in Malta and relocated to EU member states

Malta will help rescue 356 migrants stranded on a charity ship for a fortnight after reaching a deal with other countries, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has said. The Norwegian-flagged Ocean…

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23

Aug

France says will take some migrants from Ocean Viking as ship runs out of food

France has said it will take some migrants from the NGO migrant rescue ship Ocean Viking which has been stalled at sea for 13 days with 356 migrants aboard after…

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22

Aug

Ocean Viking migrant rescue ship still stranded in the Mediterranean

France has become the first EU member state to say it would welcome some of the 356 migrants on board the stranded rescue ship Ocean Viking. It is currently waiting…

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19

Aug

Ocean Viking rescues migrants off the Libyan coast

A handout photo dated 12 August 2019 and made available by SOS Mediterranee 19 August 2019, showing rescue vessel Ocean Viking rescuing a group of migrants off the coast of…

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22

Jul

SOS Mediterranée resumes migrant rescues off Libya

  Humanitarian group SOS Mediterranee announced it has relaunched migrant rescue operations off Libya, seven months after it was forced to abandon efforts using its ship Aquarius. SOS Mediterranee and…

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