TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY FANNY CARRIER (FILES) This file photo taken on May 24, 2016 shows rescuers taking care of a child during a rescue operation at sea of migrants and refugees with the Aquarius, a former North Atlantic fisheries protection ship now used by humanitarians SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) in the Mediterranean sea in front of the Libyan coast. Two years ago, a small, privately-run ship set out to lend a hand to military operations rescuing boat migrants off Libya. Today, there are a dozen such aid ships engaged in over 20 percent of life-saving missions. The first step was made by Christopher and Regina Catrambone, a wealthy Italian-American couple based in Malta aghast at the shipwreck off the island of Lampedusa in October 2013 which left over 365 people dead. / AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS