Italy sends help to Banksy's overloaded migrant rescue boat

Italy sends help to Banksy's overloaded migrant rescue boatThe Italian coastguard sent help on Saturday to a rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy after the vessel issued urgent calls for assistance, saying it was stranded in the Mediterranean and overloaded with migrants. The coastguard said a patrol boat dispatched from the southern Italian island of Lampedusa had taken on board 49 of "those considered most vulnerable" among the 219 migrants picked up by the ship since Thursday off the coast of Libya. Despite the help from Italy, it has still not found a safe port for the rest of the mainly African migrants on board.




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