Charity ship rescues 164 migrants from dinghies at sea
STORY: The Geo Barents took onboard 74 migrants from an overcrowded rubber boat off the Libyan coast on Sunday (December 4). Another 90 people were rescued on Monday (December 5).
Among the rescued around 50 were unaccompanied minors and 14 were women, the charity said.
According to data from the UN Refugee Agency UNHCR, around 136,500 migrants have reached Europe via Mediterranean sea crossings this year, and more than 1,800 have died or gone missing.
