On 26 October, the German NGO Sea-Eye, denounced that its vessel “Alan Kurdi” has been threatened by Libyan vessels (supposedly part of the “Libyan Guard Coast”) during a rescue operation. The Libyan vessels fired warning shots at sea while the NGO’s crew were rescuing 90 migrants. According to Sea-Eye’s spokesperson, the vessel is still waiting for a safe port to disembark the migrants. On 28 October, SOS Mediterranée published a statement calling for a European solution and on 29 received the permission to disembark in the Sicilian port of Pozzallo. On 18 October, 104 people were rescued in Libyan waters and the “Ocean Viking” refused to disembark them to Tripoli, as indicated by the Libyan Joint Rescue Coordination Centre. On 27 October, the Spanish NGO Open Arms rescued other 44 migrants in Maltese waters and received the permission to transfer the migrants to a Maltese military ship. On 21 October the European Parliament rejected a motion for a resolution presented by the alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) that asked Member States among other things to “enhance proactive search and rescue operations by providing sufficient vessels and equipment” to stop criminalizing any form of assistance to migrants in need and to open national ports to NGOs’ vessels.