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Louise Michel, 31 meters, explained that some migrants have suffered fuel burns and have been at sea for days. The ship’s 10-person crew rescued an additional 89 people from a boat in distress on Thursday, saying European rescue agencies have so far ignored their calls for help. The ship, named after the 19th-century French anarchist Louise Michel, is located about 90 kilometers southeast of the Italian island of Lampedusa, according to the ship-tracking website Marine Traffic.
Banksy ship: “Three of our missing” – “The crew managed to keep Louise Michel stable for almost 12 hours. Our new friends told us that they had already lost 3 of them on their trip. With the body in our only life raft, 4 lives are lost. By Fortress Europe .. . and we are still waiting. ” Thus, in a tweet, the ship Louise Michel recounts the story of the rescued migrants.
Sea Watch changed course to help Banksy on the ship – “Because Louise Michel is unable to maneuver as she faces another desperate rescue, Sea Watch 4 has changed course to help her. The reason? Because the European authorities deny aid once again. The EU is ashamed!” This is Sea Watch International’s tweet that stepped in to help Louise Michel.
Migrants, Banksy: EU ignores ransom calls, all black lives count – Street artist Banksy posted a video on his Instagram profile explaining why he decided to finance a rescue ship that helps migrants in the Mediterranean. “Like most people in the art world, I bought a yacht to sail the Mediterranean,” reads the caption accompanying the clip. “It is a French navy ship that we have transformed into a lifeboat, because the EU authorities deliberately ignore calls for help from ‘non-Europeans’ – continued the artist -” All Black Lives Matter. “The video shows images of migrants at sea and of the ship, called MV Louise Michel, painted bright pink.
The coast guard assists the ship. The Italian coast guard stepped in to help Louise Michel. Given the danger of the situation, the Coast Guard sent a class 300 patrol boat from Lampedusa to the place where the 49 people considered most vulnerable embarked, or 32 women, 13 children and 4 men to complete the families. The body must also be brought to dry land.
Late in the afternoon on Friday, the Louise Michel “reconstructs the general command of the Port Authorities”, sighted, in the area of the SAR of Malta, a rubber boat carrying about 130 migrants, in precarious navigability conditions . The Maltese authority, responsible for search and rescue activities in that maritime area, the Louise Michel unit initially transferred 97 migrants, hospitalizing the remaining 33 in a life raft. also provided information to the state of the flag by the unit (Germany), as well as to the Rcc (Rescue Coordination Center) of Malta that, later and also due to the expected worsening of the marine meteorological conditions in the area, contacted with the National Guard Rescue Center. Costiera di Roma, requesting the intervention of naval assets to provide assistance ”.
Following this request, the Italian Coast Guard sent the patrol boat from Lampedusa, also considering the danger of the situation.
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