Euronews with AFP • Humanitarian ship Ocean Viking rescues people off the Maltese coast, August 1, 2021 – Copyright Flavio Gasperini /SOS Mediterranee Humanitarian ships rescued over 700 migrants off the coasts of Libya and Malta in just one weekend, NGO SOS Mediterranee said. The migrant aid group said its Ocean Viking vessel had conducted six operations in international waters since Saturday. In the last operation, it rescued 106 people off the Maltese coast after being alerted by German aid group Sea Watch, the group said. “The youngest survivor rescued in this operation is just 3 months old,” SOS Mediterranee tweeted. Just a few hours before, the Ocean Viking joined vessels from Sea Watch and ResQship, another German group, to rescue about 400 people “from a large wooden boat taking on water” in the central Mediterranean, the group said.about:blank