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Crew of Banksy-funded migrant rescue boat say EU officials ignored calls for help

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Banksy have claimed several EU officials ignored their calls for help after they came close to a “state of emergency”.The street artist financed the Louise Michel boat, named after a 19th-century French anarchist and teacher, to help refugees attempting to reach Europe from North Africa.The former French navy boat became stranded in the Mediterranean Sea earlier today (August 29) after its deck became overcrowded.

The 10-person crew said on the boat’s Twitter account they were “safeguarding 219 people” after coming to the aid of 89 people on Thursday (August 27) and a boat of 130 on Friday (28).“There is already one dead person on the boat,” read the Twitter account.

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