Actor Richard Gere visited on Friday rescued migrants on board a humanitarian ship that has been stuck in the Mediterranean Sea for over a week.
The Hollywood star took food and supplies by boat to 121 people aboard the ship of Barcelona-based Open Arms charity.
The ship has been floating in international waters near the Italian island of Lampedusa after being blocked from entering ports in Italy and Malta.
The 69-year-old actor carried fruit boxes on board and spoke to several migrants who had fled war-torn Libya on unseaworthy smuggling boats before being rescued.
Gere urged the world to "please support us here on Open Arms and help these people, our brothers and sisters."
Other European countries have yet to respond to the aid group's request for a solution to the impasse over the rescue ship.
The European Commission should help the migrants, European Parliament speaker David Sassoli said in a letter on Thursday to the EU executive's president, Jean-Claude Juncker.
Charity rescue boats have largely disappeared from the Mediterranean over the last year as governments have tightened controls and those that have rescued migrants have faced lengthy standoffs trying to disembark them.
