Rescue Boat With Hundreds of Migrants on Board Asks EU to Find It a Port

Rescue Boat With Hundreds of Migrants on Board Asks EU to Find It a Port
Migrants are rescued during a search and rescue (SAR) operation in the Mediterranean Sea, on July 4, 2021. Flavio Gasperini/SOS Mediterranee/Handout via Reuters
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ROME—A charity group asked the European Union on Tuesday to find a port where it can dock to disembark hundreds of migrants it has rescued in the central Mediterranean over recent days.

Some 572 people, including 183 minors, are currently onboard the Ocean Viking vessel, the SOS Mediterranee organisation said after it picked them up in six operations in Maltese and Libyan search and rescue areas.