Episode 69: 'You don't have children anymore'

In this episode, we speak with Arturo, captain of the refugee rescue ship Seapunk I.    He's going to tell us all about the Seapunks activist group and its connection with punk rock music. He also tells us about a dramatic rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea in January, in which several people died.    We also discuss how the Italian authorities force NGO ships to take the refugees to distant ports, and how this deliberately results in more refugee deaths.   ---Get in touch---   Twitter: @FleetCivil   Mastodon: @[email protected]   Bluesky: @thecivilfleet.bsky.social   Instagram: thecivilfleet   [email protected]   civilfleet.com --- Show notes ---   For more on Seapunks, visit seapunks.de/en    Follow them on Instagram on: Sea Punks e.V    And on Bluesky here: @seapunks.bsky.social   For more on Sea-Watch, check out episodes: 43, 22, 7 and 1 of The Civil Fleet Podcast   Listen to episodes 48 and 20 for more on Louise Michel   For more on Iuventa, download episodes 54, 36, 24 and 2   For more on Refugee Rescue, see here: linktr.ee/RefugeeRescue   Interviews with Alarm Phone activists are in episodes 48, 5 and 3   Check out our two interviews with Brendan Woodhouse in episodes 43 and 22