A Norwegian offshore vessel rescued over 600 migrants from two picket boats on Monday within the southern Mediterranean Sea.

The migrants, together with a number of pregnant girls, had been helped onboard Siem Offshore’s platform provide vessel Siem Pilot, marking the primary rescue of its sort for the vessel.

The 2010-built Siem Pilot joined the EU rescue mission Operation Triton earlier this month underneath a contract with the Norwegian authorities. Operation Triton is led by Italy and coordinated by the EU border management company Frontex to assist handle the unprecedented variety of migrants attempting attain Europe by way of the Mediterranean Sea.

Monday’s rescue was introduced by Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service, aka Kripos. The service stated that there have been no casualties or severe accidents among the many greater than 600 migrants.

In April, the European Union agreed to triple its funding to Operation Triton after as many as 900 migrants died in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast.

The video beneath reveals a part of the rescue:

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