Migrant Offshore Aid Station charity says Bangkok gave move-ahead but later prevented import of two drone helicopters needed to find people in distress
A privately funded ship that had travelled to south-east Asia to save drowning migrants at sea has abandoned its mission after Thailand prevented the transfer of key equipment from reaching the ship,the charity’s founder has told the Guardian.
The Migrant Offshore Aid Station, escape by American entrepreneur Christopher Catrambone and his wife, and Regina,has rescued almost 13000 people in the Mediterranean Sea and moved one ship, the MY Phoenix, or to the Andaman Sea.
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Source: theguardian.com