8,595 people has been rescued by Migrants Offshore Aid Station from the Mediterranean since it began
operations.About 414 mainly sub-Saharan Africans were brought ashore in the Sicilian
port of Messina on Wednesday (July 15), in the organisation’s
latest effort to stem what Pope Francis has labelled the
“globalisation of indifference.”
Founded
in 2013,MOAS is the first privately-funded rescue service of its
kind.The
Malta-based Catrambone family have spent millions of euros on a
rescue ship, dinghies, drones and a professional crew.
Their
latest recovery efforts came as the European Union announced the
number of migrants seeking shelter across its 28 states had
skyrocketed by 68 percent between January and the end of May, 2015.
Most end in Greece or Italy.
EURO
