The vessel “Alan-Kurdi”, chartered by Sea-Eye, helped 90 migrants who were following an “overcrowded pneumatic boat”, before bringing 24 other refugees on board in a small fishing boat, the organization said in a statement.
Among the 114 people are eight women, one of whom is pregnant, and eight children, he said.
According to Gorden Isler, president of Sea-Eye, the 24 refugees face “a very high risk” if they return to the hands of Libyan militias. Sea-Eye has not said what it intends to do with these people.
Sea-Eye has several ships that carry out relief operations in the Mediterranean, where this year more than three hundred migrants have died in the crossing, and the International Migration Organization estimates that the number may be higher.
The year 2020 is being marked by an increase in vessels in the Mediterranean, the most deadly migratory route in the world for asylum seekers in Europe, mainly from Libya and Tunisia.
Between January and July, attempts to cross the Mediterranean from Libya increased 91 percent (with a record of 14,481 people), compared to the same period last year.
The number is even higher from Tunisia, where the 10,174 migrants counted in the first seven months of this year represent an increase of 462 percent over last year.
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