The MV Louise Michel is a pink vessel that belonged to the French navy and was bought with proceeds from the sale of its art work.
A lifeboat funded by Banksy has been seized by Italian authorities after it took half in an try and rescue 37 individuals from the central Mediterranean, the British road artist and the ship's crew mentioned on social media.
In an announcement posted on his Instagram channel on Wednesday, Banksy mentioned the migrant rescue vessel he funds, the MV Louise Michel, had on Monday evening “rescued 17 unaccompanied youngsters from the central Mediterranean”.
He added: “As punishment, the Italian authorities have taken him into custody – which I discover disgusting and unacceptable.”
The MV Louise Michel is a pink vessel that when belonged to the French navy and was purchased with proceeds from the sale of Banksy artwork and is operated by a gaggle of activists. It’s named after a French feminist anarchist and includes a Banksy art work depicting a woman in a life jacket holding a heart-shaped security buoy.
The MV Louise Michel's social media account additionally reported that the ship had been detained by Italian authorities within the port of Lampedusa for 20 days, after a day at sea and the rescue of 37 individuals. “Our crew has been instructed to disembark all survivors at Pozzallo, Sicily,” it mentioned. “Because the climate en route was predicted to be too unhealthy for a secure voyage, our crew determined to hunt shelter close to Lampedusa, the place, in the course of the evening, we obtained permission to disembark all survivors.”
The crew of the MV Louise Michel added: “Later yesterday, we had been knowledgeable that the ship is now being detained as a result of it didn’t observe the order to disembark in Sicily.” They describe the detention of the ship as a “political sport” and demanded the discharge of the ship.
The MV Louise Michel was arrested in March 2023 after responding to a misery name within the central Mediterranean. On the time, Italian authorities mentioned the boat had breached new protocols launched by Italy's far-right authorities, “complicating a fragile rescue coordination activity” as lots of of different migrant boats arrived in Lampedusa.
With data from Guardian / Supply: lifo.gr
