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Getaria’s former fishing boat ‘Aita Mari’ made the first rescue in the Mediterranean Sea

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21 November 2019,

The former fishing boat of Getaria ‘Aita Mari’ made the first rescue in the Mediterranean Sea. To reach Europe they received 78 people who risked crossing the sea through Libya. The subsequent journey was as complicated as the beginning. In order to carry out humanitarian work, obtaining the permits of the local governments and, in particular, of Italy from the ultra-right Salvini was a constant struggle.

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