The migrant rescue boat Louise Michel is back at sea after being impounded in the Italian port of Lampedusa in March. Yesterday, the crew responded to a distress call by 41 people – including a baby – who were adrift in the Mediterranean Sea. Their boat had left the Tunisian port town of Sfax with a second boat which was rescued by the Italian coastguard, but this vessel was left drifting at sea. Reports have made global headlines in recent weeks that hundreds of people are gathering in Sfax to escape across the Mediterranean in search of safety. Tunisian authorities have been rounding up black African migrants, beating them and dumping them in the desert. In February Tunisian President Kais Saied […] Source
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