In this episode, we speak with Patrick, a search and rescue worker on SOS Mediteranee's ship the Ocean Viking.

Patrick is going to tell us about the Libyan Coastguard's attack on the Ocean Viking in August this year.

The tells us how the EU-funded Libyan Coastguards circled the ship and peppered it with bullets at head and chest height. There were 80 rescued people on the ship, including unaccompanied children. Fortunately, no one was hurt.

Despite their attack on a European-flagged ship, the EU has said it will continue to fund and work with the Libyan Coastguards.

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For more on SOS Mediterranee, see their website here: sosmediterranee.org

Follow SOS Mediterranee on social media:

BlueSky: @sosmediterranee.org‬

Insta: SOS MEDITERRANEE

Twitter: @SOSMedIntl

You can watch a clip of Libyan Coastguards firing on Ocean Viking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BRP_MIIGeU

Also, listen to episode 75 of The Civil Fleet Podcast for more on SOS Mediterranee.

For more on Sea-Eye, check out episode 10; Sea-Watch, see episodes 70, 65, 43, 22, 7 and 1, and SOS Humanity, listen to episodes 55 and 31 of The Civil Fleet Podcast.

For more on Italy's distant ports policy, see episodes 71 with ResQShip, and 69, with SeaPunks.

For more on the Libyan Coastguards, see here: https://thecivilfleet.wordpress.com/tag/Libyan-Coastguard/

Read about the EU dismissing the civil fleet's calls to stop funding Libyan Coastguard after the shooting, here: https://euobserver.com/migration/ar9ad7ff4f (Unfortunately, it's behind a paywall...)

For more on the Manchester Anarchist Bookfair, see here: https://bookfair.org.uk