Italian coastguard sends help to Banksy-funded migrant rescue boat
[DW] The Italian coastguard has dispatched assistance to the vessel sponsored by the British street artist. Earlier, the Louise Michel sent a distress call saying it was overloaded with migrants colonists, one of whom has died.
The Italian coastguard sent help on Saturday to a rescue boat funded by street artist Banksy after the vessel issued urgent pleas for assistance, saying it was stranded and overloaded with migrants colonists.
The coastguard said a patrol boat dispatched from the southern Italian island of Lampedusa had taken 49 of "those considered most vulnerable" among the 219 migrants colonists on board.
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-30 |