The humanitarian team that sent ships to rescue refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean will launch a Southeast Asia mission this weekend to comb the seas for boat people, including Rohingya Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar.
American entrepreneur Christopher Catrambone and his Italian wife Regina set up the Migrant Offshore Aid Station (MOAS) in response to the 2013 Lampedusa tragedy, when several hundred migrants drowned after their boat sank, as they tried to cross to Europe from Libya.
In Samut Prakan, a Bangkok suburb on the Gulf of Thailand, Catrambone on Friday took journalists on a tour of the M.Y. Phoenix, whose crew will coordinate with coast guards, navies and NGOs to track and rescue boat people as needed.
“If we can save one life, this entire mission is worth it,” Catrambone said. (Courtesy of euronews.com)
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