A ship with about 400 people on board in the waters between Greece and Malta is in danger of being flooded.
The German organization Sea-Water International announced in a post on Twitter that those on board were in “immediate danger of death” and called on the EU to act.
Alarm Phone also posted its concerns, saying it had received a call from the ship, which left Tobruk in Libya.
Sky News people on board are panicking and some need medical attention, Alarm Phone said, including a child, a pregnant woman and someone with physical disabilities.
The ship is said to have run out of fuel and its lower deck is full of water.
The captain has left and there is “no one to steer the boat,” Alarm Phone said.
He added that he had alerted the authorities.
Recently there has been an increase in the number of migrant boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa.
Another NGO, Resqship of Germany, said on Sunday that at least 23 migrants died overnight in the Mediterranean in a separate shipwreck.
Last week, 440 migrants were rescued near Malta after a complex 11-hour operation in stormy seas by the ship Geo Barents.
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