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Millionaires Saving Migrants

Wealthy Italian-American couple, Regina and Chris Catrambone, have spent millions on MOAS, which uses a boat to rescue migrants from the Mediterranean Sea.

Wealthy Italian-American couple, Regina and Chris Catrambone, have spent millions on a boat rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean Sea. Their organisation is called the Migrant Offshore Aid Station, or MOAS, and they've hired the former Commander of Malta's armed forces, Brigadier Martin Xuereb, to direct it.

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MOAS' ship, Phoenix, arrives to save migrants from a dinghy on the Mediterreanean Sea
Picture credit: MOAS

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55 minutes

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Thu 19 Feb 2015 03:05GMT

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  • Wed 18 Feb 2015 12:05GMT
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