Doctors Without Borders' ship 'Geo Barents' tries to rescue 71 people from a rubber boat in distress in the central Mediterranean Sea. AFP / Medecins Sans Frontieres
Doctors Without Borders' ship 'Geo Barents' tries to rescue 71 people from a rubber boat in distress in the central Mediterranean Sea. AFP / Medecins Sans Frontieres

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Nearly 1,000 migrants stranded in Mediterranean as NGOs urge nations to help

Italy and Malta have as yet not responded to the charities' requests for their ships to dock

Soraya Ebrahimi
Soraya Ebrahimi

November 03, 2022

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