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Girl rescued after surviving 3 days in Mediterranean clinging to inflatable tubes
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The articles describe the rescue of an 11-year-old girl from Sierra Leone who was traveling with 44 other migrants in a rickety boat that set off from Tunisia. The boat sank and all other migrants are presumed dead. The girl survived by clinging to tyre inner tubes and was rescued by chance by a yacht, the Compass Collective, that was on its way to another emergency. The yacht's captain spotted the girl and was able to rescue her 14 miles off the Italian island of Lampedusa.
I know those boats, they sink in seconds and go down like a stone.
All she had was two inner tubes around her waist and a light life vest. She was exhausted and once on board quickly fell asleep.
She said two other people from the boat were floating near her on the first day after it sank then they vanished and she was alone for two days.
The watch heard shouting, turned on the spotlight and saw a young girl very close to our vessel. We were incredibly lucky to find her.
Immigration in the Mediterranean Sea
- At least 70 migrants perish after boat sinks en route to Spain
- At least five people dead after migrant boat sinks off Greek island near Crete
- Several migrants die attempting to cross the English Channel
sources
perspectives
- 1.Disasters
- 2.Immigration to Europe
- 3.France under Emmanuel Macron
- 4.Organized crime
- 5.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
- 6.Immigration
- 7.Italy under Georgia Meloni
- 8.Boating Accident
- 9.France-UK Relations
countries
- 1.Germany
- 2.Italy
- 3.Sierra Leone
- 4.Tunisia
organizations
- 1.Compass Collective
- 2.Sea-Watch International
- 3.UN High Commissioner for Refugees
- 4.UN International Organization for Migration