Activists and relatives call for rescue of survivors adrift in the Mediterranean for nine days
THE LIVES of six people onboard a boat adrift in the Mediterranean for nine days are at serious risk, activists warned today.
The relatives of the people on the boat first contacted Alarm Phone, an activist network which operates a hotline for refugees in distress at sea, about the case last Tuesday.
Alarm Phone alerted the authorities right away.
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