The Geo Barents crew rescues 81 people in the central Mediterranean Sea
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A COALITION of activist groups saved the lives of 290 people in the central Mediterranean at the weekend.
On Saturday morning, the Geo Barents, a refugee rescue ship operated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), located a rubber boat in distress carrying 81 people in international waters off Libya.
The crew was alerted to the boat by the activist-run distress hotline organisation Alarm Phone. The Colibri 2, a reconnaissance plane operated by French charity Pilotes Volontaires, helped the crew find the boat.
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