BANKSY FUNDS REFUGEE RESCUE BOAT
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LONDON: British street artist Banksy is funding a boat crewed by volunteers to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean attempting to reach Europe from Africa.
The boat, named Louise Michel after a French feminist anarchist, has been operational since last week. On Thursday it rescued 89 people, including 14 women and four children, from a rubber boat in distress, the group said on its website.
The 89 migrants are still onboard the boat and waiting for a safe port to disembark. A former French Navy boat daubed in pink and white, the 30-metre long Louise Michel was bought with proceeds from the sale of Banksy artwork, the group said. The side of the vessel’s cabin features an artwork of a girl holding a heart-shaped life buoy in his familiar stencilled style. The group said the vessel was captained and crewed by a team of rescue professionals drawn from across Europe. A PR agent who works for Banksy declined to comment. old staff member Mako Aoki. Banksy, a Bristolborn artist who keeps his identity a secret, is known for his political or social-commentary graffiti that has popped up in cities around the world. Last year one of his paintings depicting primates sitting in Britain’s parliament sold for more than $12 million at auction.