with us he wants to see what it is we do. the south but. the area they are searching is almost the size of two thousand soccer pitches. after two hours in the air they have a sighting. it s the austral a repurposed sailing yacht that belongs to another ngo conducting tireless search and rescue missions in the mediterranean and it just saved the occupants of a rubber dinghy. the astral now has more than one hundred fifty people on board and is making its way to sicily the n.g.o.s. financed by donations it is currently appealing for contributions to make another ship operational the crew perform all minor repairs and maintenance work themselves. since its founding in twenty fourteen c. watch has rescued tens of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean yahshua kruger