A rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy has issued urgent calls for help, saying it is stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants who it has been unable to bring ashore.
The Louise Michel, named after a French feminist anarchist, started operating last week. It is trying to find a safe port for the 219 migrants it has picked up off the coast of Libya since Thursday.
Another said the boat was unable to move and"no longer the master of her own destiny" due to her overcrowded deck and a life raft deployed at her side,"but above all due to Europe ignoring our emergency calls for immediate assistance." Two United Nations agencies called for the"urgent disembarkation" of the Louise Michel and two other ships carrying a total of more than 400 migrants in the Mediterranean.
The International Organisation for Migration and the UN High Commission for Refugees said in a joint statement they were"deeply concerned about the continued absence of dedicated EU-led search and rescue capacity in the Central Mediterranean".
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