The crew of the rescue vessel Nadir announced today, Tuesday, the completion of three separate operations in the central Mediterranean Sea between Saturday, 4 October, and Monday, 6 October, during which a total of 243 migrants were successfully rescued.
The first operation involved rescuing 78 individuals, whose health was stabilised aboard the Nadir before they were transferred to the Italian Coast Guard. Subsequently, the vessel was alerted by the Sea-Watch surveillance aircraft Seabird3 to a wooden boat carrying 88 migrants. The Italian Coast Guard then assumed responsibility for evacuating this group and transporting them to the island of Lampedusa.
During its return journey, the Nadir crew made an alarming discovery: an abandoned wooden boat bearing no identifying marks. This raised serious concerns about the fate of those who had been aboard, with speculation focusing on two grim possibilities: that they either succumbed to the rough weather and drowned, or were forcibly returned to the Libyan shore by the Libyan Coast Guard.
The third and final operation, conducted on Monday, involved the rescue of 77 migrants. This group was initially detected by the Sparrow3 surveillance aircraft, operated by the European agency Frontex.
The rescue organisation confirmed that all survivors were successfully disembarked by Monday evening following the conclusion of the operations. The Nadir’s crew, they noted, remains active and continues its vital mission in the densely trafficked search and rescue zone of the central Mediterranean.
