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Some of the refugees rescued by the Aita Maria rest on deck. They had been left adrift at sea from at least Good Friday
EUROPE’S borders are descending into chaos every day, a refugee rescue organisation has charged.
The comments came as 191 people on board two NGO ships continue their wait to be allowed onto dry land.
The Italian authorities told the rescue ship Alan Kurdi last weekend that a coastguard ship would transfer the 149 refugees the crew rescued on April 6 to the coast following a ban on all foreign rescue ships from Italy’s ports last week.
Italians reject controversial judiciary reforms in a referendum that boosts the left, reports NICK WRIGHT
MARTYN GRAY asks TUC congress to endorse measures that would help stop the present exploitation of seafarers
This time it is joined by famed Amazon union organiser Chris Smalls and the new vessel, the Handala, will carry baby formula for Gaza’s starving children just weeks after Israeli forces abducted the Madleen’s crew in international waters, reports ANA VRACAR