Three migrant brothers rescued at sea trying to reach Europe to cure the youngest among them

March 12, 2018

Credits: Olmo Calvo/AP/SIPA

A 14-year-old boy suffing from leukemia and his two older brothers searching for his treatment in Europe were rescued Saturday as they drifted on a dinghy off Libya, announced Proactiva Open Arms.

"Three brothers and 200 liters of fuel risked the sea journey to give a chance to the youngest among them, 14 years old and suffering from leukemia, to join a European hospital," says on Twitter the Spanish humanitarian organization that conducted the rescue 35 miles (60 km) from the coast of Libya.

"The operation took place on Saturday around 01:00 GMT while the three brothers, of Libyan origin, drifted for nearly seven hours aboard a small rubber boat," told AFP a spokeswoman for ProActiva .

Just a few hours ago 3 persons adrift on the high seas:Allah,14 years old diagnosed of leukemia and his 2 brothers.
What damn hell must live in Libya so that the only hope for a child is to flee by sea
And Europe keeps feeding that hell pic.twitter.com/LwGjnIRKxj

— Proactiva Open Arms (@openarms_found) 10 marzo 2018