On Friday May 31 2024, 84 people in distress were rescued in two rescue operations conducted by the team on board of Geo Barents. All people were fleeing from #Libya, and were rescued in the Maltese SAR region.
In the first boat, 40 survivors were aboard a fiber glass boat and they had departed from Misrata, Libya. While in the second boat, 44 survivors were aboard a black rubber boat. The boat departed from Qarabulli, Libya. Almost half of the survivors are minors.
After the two rescues, the Italian authorities assigned Salerno as a place of safety to disembark people.