Search

28/06/2023 – 12/07/2023

  • On July 10, 28 people were in distress in the Malta SAR zone according to Alarm Phone.
  • The MSF humanitarian vessel Geo Barents intervened several times from July 3 to 4 in the Maltese SAR. All the survivors were from Tunisia :
    • At first, a rubber boat carrying 51 people, including 9 minors (6 of them were not accompanied) from Tunisia, was drifting off Malta on 3 July. 
    • Then, during the night, three other rescue operations took place, to save three boats carrying 59, 42 and 44 people respectively. There were 196 survivors on board including 47 unaccompanied minors, 16 women and 1 baby.
  • On June 28, 41 people were in distress without any food, water and fuel in the Maltese SAR zone. They were finally helped and reached the land on June 29.