[DW] German rescue boat "Alan Kurdi" has picked up 44 people that were stranded off the Libyan coast. The rescue comes a day after the same boat handed over 65 migrants colonists to Malta.
Sea-Eye wrote on Twitter that the Maltese navy had aided the rescue attempt: "The Alan Kurdi has rescued 44 persons from a wooden boat in cooperation with Maltese authorities."
The German rescue mission added: "A ship of the Maltese Navy is now on its way to take the people from the Alan Kurdi and bring them to Land."
The Maltese authorities, however, have not confirmed their participation.
That's it. Hole ‘em and send ‘em straight to the bottom, where they can rescue mermaids and sardines from being cruelly forced to breathe water.
Update from An Nahar at 6:10 p.m. EDT: |
Sea-Eye said it was alerted to the latest migrants colonists in distress off the Libyan coast by Tunisian fishermen and the Colibri civilian search plane.
The rescued migrants colonists said they left Zuwara in Libya early Saturday.
The Maltese authorities asked a nearby freighter to coordinate the rescue, which told the Sea-Eye to take those in distress on board.
"Forty-four people, including four women and three children," were brought aboard the Alan Kurdi, Sea-Eye said.
The children are 15 months, three and five years old. The people come from Syria, Libya, Pakistain, Bangladesh and Guinea.
| In other words, none of them, unless they are Christian or Ahmadi, have any business claiming to be refugees. |
"We are incredibly happy that we could be in the right place again at the right time and that we now know 44 more people in safety. A 15-month-old baby should never have to be in such a life-threatening situation," said Sea-Eye spokeswoman Carlotta Weibl. 
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