{"id":2623,"date":"2020-08-15T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T11:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptford.tv\/?p=2623"},"modified":"2020-08-15T11:47:00","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T11:47:00","slug":"banksy-funded-migrant-rescue-boat-launches-in-the-mediterranean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/?p=2623","title":{"rendered":"Banksy funded migrant rescue boat launches in the Mediterranean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code><\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"instagram-media instagram-media-rendered\" id=\"instagram-embed-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEeHxqgF7gU\/embed\/captioned\/?cr=1&amp;v=12&amp;wp=590&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Feu.usatoday.com&amp;rp=%2Fstory%2Fentertainment%2Fcelebrities%2F2020%2F08%2F29%2Fbanksy-converts-french-navy-vessel-into-lifeboat-migrants%2F5667139002%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A2100%7D\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" data-instgrm-payload-id=\"instagram-media-payload-0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; max-width: 658px; width: calc(100% - 2px); border-radius: 3px; border: 1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219); box-shadow: none; display: block; margin: 0px 0px 12px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0px;\" width=\"710\" height=\"701\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mvlouisemichel.org\/#our-mission\" target=\"_blank\">Louise Michel<\/a> is a former French Navy boat we\u2019ve customised to perform search and rescue. She is as agile as she is pink. Measuring 30 meters in length and capable of over 28 knots, she was bought with proceeds from the sale of Banksy artwork &#8211; who 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Banksy funded rescue boat launches in the Mediterranean\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dgJy2WyLlBo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/27\/banksy-funds-refugee-rescue-boat-operating-in-mediterranean\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MV Louise Michel<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/celebrities\/2020\/08\/29\/banksy-converts-french-navy-vessel-into-lifeboat-migrants\/5667139002\/\" target=\"_blank\">LONDON<\/a> \u2014 Street artist Banksy has released a video with a strong political message explaining why he became involved in a search-and-rescue ship helping migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.\u201cLike most people who make it in the art world, I bought a yacht to cruise the Med,\u201d the artist wrote in captions accompanying the video, which was posted to his Instagram account Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s a French Navy vessel we converted into a lifeboat.\u201d\u201cBecause EU authorities deliberately ignore distress calls from \u2019non-Europeans\u2019,\u201d the subversive artist continued. \u201cAll Black Lives Matter.\u201dThe video featured footage of migrants at sea and clips of the vessel, called the MV Louise Michel, which is painted bright pink and features a mural depicting a young girl holding on to a heart-shaped safety float.The Louise Michel crew has said it is sponsored by Banksy, whose real name remains a mystery. Details of his financial involvement were not available.The crew has in recent days reported picking up several groups of migrants in the central Mediterranean in what appeared to be its maiden rescue voyage.<br>Associated PressHide CaptionBanksy spray-paints London train with COVID-19 messageBanksy\u2019s back, this time with a message about COVID-19.Buzz60LONDON \u2014 Street artist Banksy has released a video with a strong political message explaining why he became involved in a search-and-rescue ship helping migrants in the Mediterranean Sea.\u201cLike most people who make it in the art world, I bought a yacht to cruise the Med,\u201d the artist wrote in captions accompanying the video, which was posted to his Instagram account Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s a French Navy vessel we converted into a lifeboat.\u201d\u201cBecause EU authorities deliberately ignore distress calls from \u2019non-Europeans\u2019,\u201d the subversive artist continued. \u201cAll Black Lives Matter.\u201dThe video featured footage of migrants at sea and clips of the vessel, called the MV Louise Michel, which is painted bright pink and features a mural depicting a young girl holding on to a heart-shaped safety float.The Louise Michel crew has said it is sponsored by Banksy, whose real name remains a mystery. Details of his financial involvement were not available.The crew has in recent days reported picking up several groups of migrants in the central Mediterranean in what appeared to be its maiden rescue voyage.In a series of tweets over the past few days, the ship\u2019s crew has strongly criticized the European Union over its migration policy. It said it contacted both Italian and Maltese coast guards seeking a port to disembark migrants, but received no response.The tone of the tweets has grown more urgent in the past 24 hours after the crew reported that the numbers of migrants on board were getting too high, that the ship was essentially stranded and that the crew was seeking a port to disembark the passengers. It reported women and children were among the dozens on board and in an adjacent dinghy, as well as the corpse of a migrant.\u201cWe need immediate assistance,\u201d the crew tweeted via its @MVLouiseMichel handle on Saturday. \u201cWe are safeguarding 219 people with a crew of 10. Act #EU now!\u201dIn an email Saturday, the crew said the vessel was now heading to Sicily to seek shelter for the migrants.Another humanitarian aid group ship, the Mare Jonio, said Saturday it was leaving the Sicilian port of Augusta to come to the Louise Michel\u2019s aid. The Mare Jonio, which has been active in the Mediterranean for years, said it was moving up its scheduled departure by 48 hours to help the Louise Michel out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"USATODAY- Embed Player\" width=\"540\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/embed\/video\/5442205002?placement=snow-embed\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Louise Michel is a former French Navy boat we\u2019ve customised to perform search and rescue. She is as agile as she is pink. Measuring 30 meters in length and capable of over 28 knots, she was bought with proceeds from the sale of Banksy artwork &#8211; who then decorated her with a fire extinguisher.&hellip;<a href=\"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/?p=2623\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Banksy funded migrant rescue boat launches in the Mediterranean<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcement","category-news","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2623\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dorothea.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}