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Migrant rescue ship defies Italy's alt-right poster boy Matteo Salvini
Migrants rescued by the crew of the NGO ship Sea-Watch 3 arrive in Lampedusa last night [Sea Watch Mediateam]

A GERMAN NGO migrant rescue ship disembarked 65 people in Italy yesterday morning despite far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s recent legal threats. 

Sea-Watch International’s ship, the Sea-Watch 3, rescued the migrants 300 nautical miles off the coast of Libya on May 15 as they were escaping the war-torn country.

(Pic: Nick-Jaussi)
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