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According to the crew, the private rescue ship “Louise Michel” in the Mediterranean with more than 200 migrants on board can no longer move safely. The reasons are crowded deck and a life raft attached to its side, she said in a tweet on Saturday.
Responsible authorities barely responded to calls for help. Contact was made with the Italian Coast Guard, the Maltese Army and the Bremen Sea Emergency Management. However, according to its own information, the coast guard has taken in 49 migrants. A patrol boat sent from the island of Lampedusa carried 32 women, 13 children and four men, authorities said on Saturday. Therefore, they were considered to be at higher risk.
According to their own reports, the rescue ship’s crew had previously assisted 130 other people in distress, including many women and children. Almost 100 migrants were rescued Thursday. Now a crew of ten is caring for 219 people aboard the 30-meter-long ship, 33 of them are still on a life raft.
The “Louise Michel” sails under the German flag. The ship was located southeast of Lampedusa on Saturday. Only recently did it become known that the mysterious street artist Banksy was supporting the rescue ship. “She financed and painted the ship,” the spokeswoman for an organization that has created its own website for “Louise Michel” confirmed to the German press agency on Friday. The spokeswoman would not say who the owner of the boat is. (dpa / apa)
