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Emergency call on Twitter: Italian Coast Guard picked up 49 migrants from Banksy ship
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Banksy donated rescue boat asks for help
The rescue ship “Louise Michel” has made an emergency call. “We urgently need help,” the “Louise Michel” crew said on Twitter. There is a dead person on the boat.
The crew of the rescue ship “Louise Michel” asks for help via Twitter. She claims to have rescued 130 other people from a sinking rubber boat. Italy’s coast guard comes to the rescue on Saturday
northAfter calls for help from “Louise Michel”, the Italian coast guard claimed that 49 migrants were picked up from the private rescue boat in the Mediterranean. 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.
The “Louise Michel” is found in search and rescue waters off Malta. However, at the request of the Maltese authorities, one of their own units was dispatched. The rescue ship, supported by British street artist Banksy and sailing under the German flag, had previously saved more than 200 people in two actions.
The “Louise Michel” had made an emergency call after her second rescue operation in the Mediterranean. “We urgently need help,” the crew of the “Louise Michel” said Saturday night on Twitter. There is a dead person on the boat.
After an initial rescue operation on Thursday, the ship rescued 130 more refugees from a rubber boat that was sinking on Friday. In addition to death, there are several refugees with gasoline burns. People were at sea for days. In addition to the crew of ten, 219 refugees are aboard the “Louise Michel”.
According to the Marine Traffic website, “Louise Michel” sailing under the German flag was about 90 kilometers southeast of the Italian island of Lampedusa early Saturday morning.
The ship had been chartered in strict secrecy. Banksy, known for her criticism of European refugee policy, has decorated the ship with, among other things, the graphite of a girl in a life jacket holding a pink heart-shaped life belt. The “Louise Michel” is named after a 19th century French anarchist.
Banksy confessed his engagement in an Instagram video. In it she said: “All black lives count (All black lives matter).” She was referring to the Black Lives Matter movement, which denounces police violence and racism in the United States.
In the video, Banksy explains: “Like most people who have succeeded in the art world, I bought a yacht to sail the Mediterranean. It’s a French navy ship that we turned into a lifeboat. ”
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