{"id":73646,"date":"2020-09-11T08:33:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T12:33:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/?p=73646"},"modified":"2020-09-11T08:33:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T12:33:47","slug":"mystery-artist-banksy-bought-a-rescue-boat-to-help-refugees-cross-the-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/mystery-artist-banksy-bought-a-rescue-boat-to-help-refugees-cross-the-mediterranean\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery Artist &#8216;Banksy&#8217; Bought A Rescue Boat To Help Refugees Cross The Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73647\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-rescue-boat.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"758\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-rescue-boat.jpg 758w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-rescue-boat-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 758px) 100vw, 758px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Anonymous street artist and political activist, Banksy has focused much of his recent work on the current migrant crisis.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73648\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-rescue-boat-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-rescue-boat-1.png 1024w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-rescue-boat-1-300x204.png 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-rescue-boat-1-768x523.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And in the last year, the artist has stepped up his involvement by funding the<em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mvlouisemichel.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louise Michel<\/a><\/em>\u00a0rescue boat to help refugees\u00a0make it safely to Europe.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73649\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-boat.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-boat.png 1024w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-boat-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-boat-768x428.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The ship, which travels from North Africa to Europe, is bright pink and has a large original work by Banksy plastered on the outside for all the sea to see\u2014an image of a little girl holding onto a heart-shaped lifesaver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u00a0<em>Louise Michel<\/em> is a former French Navy boat we\u2019ve customized to perform search and rescue. She is as agile as she is pink,\u201d reads the vessel\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mvlouisemichel.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeasuring 30 meters in length and capable of over 28 knots, she was bought with proceeds from the sale of Banksy artwork\u2014who then decorated her with a fire extinguisher. She is captained and crewed by a team of rescue professionals drawn from across Europe. She runs on a flat hierarchy and a vegan diet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s mission is \u201cto uphold maritime law and rescue anyone in peril without prejudice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And that doesn\u2019t just pertain to refugees. \u201c\u2026nationality should not make a difference to what rights one has and how we treat each other. We answer the SOS call of all those in distress, not just to save their souls\u2014but our own.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The MV Louise Michel just refueled after the first successful rescue operations last week and is now going to a standby position, fully ready to rescue. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefendSolidarity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefendSolidarity<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LouiseMichel?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LouiseMichel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/64UGtZoHlC\">pic.twitter.com\/64UGtZoHlC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LouiseMichel (@MVLouiseMichel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MVLouiseMichel\/status\/1298275926669656064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 25, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iom.int\/migration\">International Organization for Migration<\/a>, more than 100,000 migrants attempted to cross the Mediterranean last year from North Africa with more than 1,200 dying in the process.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-73650\" src=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-ship.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-ship.png 1024w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-ship-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/awesomejelly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/banksy-ship-768x353.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>So far the\u00a0<em>Louise Michel<\/em>\u00a0has rescued about 350 people at sea and helped them find another chance at life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anonymous street artist and political activist, Banksy has focused much of his recent work on the current migrant crisis. And in the last year, the artist has stepped up his involvement by funding the\u00a0Louise Michel\u00a0rescue boat to help refugees\u00a0make it safely to Europe. The ship, which travels from North Africa to Europe, is bright pink and has a large original work by Banksy plastered on the outside for all the sea to see\u2014an image of a little girl holding onto a heart-shaped lifesaver. \u201cThe\u00a0Louise Michel is a former French Navy boat we\u2019ve customized to perform search and rescue. 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