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Some of the people aboard the Open Arms, which has been stranded in the Mediterranean Sea for 12 days
THE UN's refugee agency (UNHCR) urged European governments today to allow the 507 rescued migrants stranded on two NGO ships in the Mediterranean to disembark as storms head towards their positions.
The Spanish NGO Open Arms has 151 migrants on board and has been at sea for 12 days.
The Ocean Viking, operated by the French charities Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and SOS Mediterranee, has saved the lives of 356 migrants in four days. The ship left the search and rescue zone this afternoon and is now seeking a safe port.
DENNIS BROE enjoys the political edge of a series that unmasks British imperialism, resonates with the present and has been buried by Disney
While Hardie, MacDonald and Wilson faced down war pressure from their own Establishment, today’s leadership appears to have forgotten that opposing imperial adventures has historically defined Labour’s moral authority, writes KEITH FLETT
