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Latest 25 August 2025

Libyan Coast Guard Fires on Ocean Viking NGO Vessel After Rescue Operation

The humanitarian ship Ocean Viking , operated by SOS Mediterranée, came under heavy fire from the Libyan Coast Guard in what the NGO has denounced as a “violent and deliberate…

France · 18 Nov 2022 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… France · 10 Nov 2022 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… Italy · 8 Aug 2021 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… Europe - Mediterranean · 4 Jul 2021 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… Libya · 29 Apr 2021 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… Malta · 5 Jul 2020 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… Italy · 27 Jan 2020 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 · 30 Oct 2019 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… Italy · 30 Oct 2019 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…