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  • Updated: September 05, 2022

Dozen Lebanese, Syrian Refugees Stranded At Mediterranean Sea

Dozen Lebanese, Syrian Refugees Stranded At Mediterranean Se

Dozens of Lebanese and Syrian migrants stranded for days on a sinking fishing boat in the Mediterranean Sea are urging European coast guards to save them, saying that two children have died.

Aljazeera said on Monday that the roughly 60 migrants and refugees told relatives and volunteer groups with a satellite phone that two young children have died, and that the group has been without food, water, and baby formula for the past three days.

On board are Syrian refugees and Lebanese from its severely impoverished northern provinces trying to reach Italy for job opportunities.

They left Lebanon off the coast of the northern city of Tripoli about 10 days ago.

The migrants are reportedly stranded near the coasts of Malta and Italy.

The authorities have not dispatched rescuers, according to families and activists in touch with the migrants.

Lebanese parliamentarian Ashraf Rifi urged the Italian government as well as the Lebanese Foreign Ministry and the Lebanese Embassy in Rome to take action.

According to families and Alarm Phone, an activist network that helps bring in rescuers to distressed migrants at sea, Malta has not yet authorised a rescue operation and has not given permission to a commercial cargo ship to rescue the stranded migrants.

The Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF) organisation also said on Monday: “The Malta Search and Rescue Coordination Centre needs to take its responsibilities and comply with international and maritime laws now. Its lack of action is killing people. This is not acceptable.”

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