Banksy Has Financed—and Decorated—a Search-and-Rescue Ship Patrolling the Seas to Help Migrants Crossing the Mediterranean

A hot pink refugee ship, on a secret mission in the Mediterranean, is the latest project by anonymous British street artist Banksy.

The artist has financed a rescue operation to bring refugees from North Africa safely to Europe aboard the Louise Michel. The boat is crewed by activists who have worked in search-and-rescue missions with Sea-Watch, a German NGO that patrols the Mediterranean to rescue migrants.

Read more at Artnet News.

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