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INIGO MIJANGOS tells Ben Cowles how his charity's ship, the Aita Mari, was seized in Italy after saving the lives of 47 refugees
Chairman of the Basque refugee charity Humanitarian Maritime Rescue (SMH) Inigo Mijangos and the charity's ship, the Aita Mari
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“WE WERE on our way back from Syracuse to Spain when we received a message from Malta of some boats adrift to the south,” Inigo Mijangos, chairman of the Basque refugee charity Humanitarian Maritime Rescue (SMH) tells me.
“There was no rescue crew or medical team on board the Aita Mari at the time because we were in transit,” he says describing how his charity’s humanitarian ship was seized in Italy last month.
“We told Malta RCC [Rescue Coordination Centre] that all we could do was find the boats and then wait for their instructions. And that is what we did.”
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