[arista]

[It said the Maltese authorities had
ordered the ships not to carry out a rescue
and that one of them was just asked to
supply it with fuel.]


[A vessel with around 400 people
on board is adrift between Greece and Malta
and is taking on water, support service
Alarm Phone said on Sunday,
after a sharp rise of migrant boats
crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.

Alarm Phone said on Twitter they had
received a call from the boat,
which departed from Tobruk, in Libya,
overnight and that they had informed authorities.
But authorities had not launched
a rescue operation so far, they added.]

[German NGO Sea-Watch International
said on its Twitter account it had found
the boat with two merchant ships nearby.]

https://www.reuters.com/world/boat-w...ys-2023-04-09/