UN refugee agency calls on EU nations to let in migrants rescued in Mediterranean
by Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo , Maurice Stierl in Berli from on (#57G9K)
UNHCR and IOM say 200 rescued people urgently need to get off Banksy-funded ship
The UN refugee agency urged European nations on Saturday to let in hundreds of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by humanitarian boats, including one financed by the British street artist Banksy.
The UNHCR and the International Organization of Migration (IOM) said more than 200 rescued refugees and migrants needed immediately to get off the nonprofit search-and-rescue ship Louise Michel, saying it was far beyond its safe capacity.
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