Emails sent by the Maltese Rescue Coordination Centre show them telling merchant ships that any interception would be considered 'an interception on high seas'
"These are people, and they are still dying at sea. I can t imagine the traumas and horrors they are facing in their own countries . to willingly attempt a journey like this." Amber Sheasgreen
A man and woman have been evacuated from a migrant rescue ship and taken to an Italian hospital for urgent medical treatment.
They were among 223 people strand
A total of 223 people, including pregnant women and children, who were rescued within Malta’s search-and-rescue area this week are still stranded at sea,