A young person in a state of dehydration and weakness on board the fishing vessel Nuestra Madre de Loreto is being evacuated to Malta, ProActiva Open Arms tweeted.
The young person is one of 12 people saved by the fishing boat in the Mediterranean November 23 who remain stranded at sea.
Humanitarian alliance #United4Med on Tuesday called on Europe to open its ports and welcome the migrants who were saved from a vessel off Libya.
The migrants were rejected by both Italy and Malta because the rescue took place in Libyan territorial waters.
#United4Med, which incorporates Open Arms, Sea Watch and Mediterranea on Tuesday said the migrants’ return to Libya would be a violation of international law and a further step towards neglecting human rights and dignity at sea.
Libya is not a safe harbour and never signed the Geneva Convention on Refugees status, it said adding that the European Union and its member states had the obligation to not authorise the disembarkation of people in a country where there had been repeated systematic violations of human rights, torture and trafficking of people.
The UNHCR had also issued a non-return advisory for Libya, which together with Yemen are…
