German civil rescue ship takes 77 migrants on board in Mediterranean
The crew of the Humanity 1 rescue ship has picked up 77 migrants from several boats drifting in the central Mediterranean, according to the Berlin-based organization SOS Humanity which operates the vessel. Several minors were among those rescued, SOS Humanity said late on Saturday evening. The rescue operation was massively disrupted and jeopardized by the Libyan coastguard, it added. The Humanity 1 is now on its way to the harbour in the southern Italian city of Bari to bring the people ashore. According to SOS Humanity, the crew had been informed of three boats in distress by a civilian reco...