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On August 17, while conducting search and rescue operations off the Libyan coast, the Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières(MSF) rescue vessel the Bourbon Argos was approached and attacked by a group of armed men onboard an unidentified speedboat, MSF said today, strongly condemning the attack.

- A pregnant woman has died and at least 22 people are missing after the partial sinking of a rubber boat in the central Mediterranean Sea. - Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has brought 71 survivors on board the search and rescue vessel the Geo Barents. - MSF urges the Maltese and Italian authorities to allocate a place of safety for the disembarkation of survivors as soon as possible.

The orchestrated removal of search and rescue ships, such as the Geo BARENTS, from the Central Mediterranean cuts a lifeline for survivors fleeing horrendous violence in Libya. This is the conclusion of an advocacy report released today by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). The report, Deadly Manoeuvres: Obstruction and Violence in the Central Mediterranean, is based on operational and medical data as well as survivors' testimonies collected by MSF teams on board the search and rescue vessel Geo BARENTS during 2023 and 2024.