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UN renews ship inspections off Libya for smuggled migrants

Spanish NGO Open Arms lifeguards arrive to help migrants on a rubber boat during a rescue operation at international waters zone of Libya SAR (Search and Rescue) in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Seventeen migrants from Syria and Sudan, including six children, were rescued by the NGO Open Arms crew members after their boat overturned and started to sink. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Spanish NGO Open Arms rescue ship, left, approaches a rubber boat with migrants during a rescue operation at international waters zone of Libya SAR (Search and Rescue) in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Seventeen migrants from Syria and Sudan, including six children, were rescued by the NGO Open Arms crew members after their boat overturned and started to sink. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Migrants sit on the floor of the Open Arms Uno ship after being rescued from a rubber boat in the sea during a rescue operation at international waters zone of Libya SAR (Search and Rescue) in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Seventeen migrants from Syria and Sudan, including six children, were rescued by the Spanish NGO Open Arms crew members after their boat overturned and started to sink. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias) Spanish NGO Open Arms lifeguards approach a rubber boat with migrants during a rescue operation at international waters zone of Libya SAR (Search and Rescue) in the Mediterranean sea, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. Seventeen migrants from Syria and Sudan, including six children, were rescued by the NGO Open Arms crew members after their boat overturned and started to sink. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
UN renews ship inspections off Libya for smuggled migrants