Episode13: Blocked from reaching the Central Mediterranean

In today's episode, we speak with Albert Mayordomo, the head of operations for the Open Arms refugee rescue organisation. Albert tells us how France ended the Open Arms' previous mission before it began with legal tricks, delay tactics and banning the ship from all of French ports. He also talks to us about some other times European states have stopped the Open Arms' from operating, and about the ship's run-ins with the EU-supported Libyan Coastguard. ---Show notes--- For more on The Civil Fleet visit: civilfleet.com You can find a glossary of some of the terms used in this episode here: bit.ly/3lYbe9D Follow Open Arms on Twitter here: @openarms_found Or visit their website here: openarms.es/en Read previous story with Albert about the Open Arms' run in with the Libyan Coastguards in February 2021 here: bit.ly/3kYHqbM Read about the UN's independent study calling on the international community 'to suspend all agreements with Libya' here: bit.ly/3x66sL7 Get in touch: @FleetCivil [email protected] Support: patreon.com/civilfleet