A ship carrying about 400 folks "in distress" has been noticed adrift between Greece and Malta and is taking over water, help providers have stated.

German NGO Sea-Watch International tweeted that these on board had been in "imminent danger of death" and referred to as on the EU to behave.

Alarm Phone additionally tweeted its issues, saying it had obtained a name from the boat, which departed from Tobruk in Libya.

People on board are panicking and several other want medical consideration, Alarm Phone stated, together with a baby, a pregnant girl and somebody with a bodily incapacity

The vessel is alleged to be out of gas and its decrease deck is filled with water.

The captain has left and there may be "nobody who can steer the boat", Alarm Phone stated.

It added that it had alerted the authorities.

The boat is now within the Maltese Search and Rescue space, Alarm Phone added.

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There has been an increase within the variety of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa not too long ago, Reuters reported.

Another NGO, Germany's Resqship, stated on Sunday that no less than 23 migrants died in a single day within the Mediterranean in a separate shipwreck.

It tweeted that it discovered 25 folks within the water throughout a rescue operation.

Last week, 440 migrants had been rescued off Malta after a posh 11-hour operation in stormy seas by the Geo Barentsvessel of the Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charity.

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