
THE civil refugee-rescue fleet has returned to the Mediterranean for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic started sweeping across Europe.
German charity Sea Eye announced today that its ship the Alan Kurdi had set sail from Spain on Monday afternoon and expects to reach the Libyan search-and-rescue zone at the weekend.
“Despite all the difficulties, my crew showed up, trained and ready for action,” said the ship’s captain Barbel Beuse.

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