Chronicles from the deadly sea: the reluctant shipwrecked
(WorldNews Canada)

An often untold story about rescue missions in the Mediterranean. Lorenzo D´Agostino 18 February 2020 From ProActiva Open Arms Facebook page Share this Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share via email Share link URL copied to clipboard Read more! Get our weekly email Enter your email address Submit In the early afternoon of October 28, the Spanish vessel Open Arms was approaching the port of Palermo for a scheduled crew-rotation. It was just returning from a rescue mission in the Mediterranean, saving 44 people fleeing Libya on a wooden dinghy in distress. A pause was going to be needed, everyone thought on board, when the call arrived of a distress case almost 200 nautical miles away. It...