French charities SOS Mediterranea and MSF rescued another 105 migrants off the coast of Libya on Monday, bringing to 356 the number of those aboard the Ocean Viking now seeking a safe port.
The rescue was complicated by the migrants' blue rubber dinghy starting to sink as the charity vessel approached in international waters around 40 nautical miles from Libya, an AFP journalist said.
The rescues come at a time of tension between
Italy and other EU states, with the Italian government refusing to let migrants land on its shores unless its EU partners help take them in.