Guardian: German Protestant church to send migrant rescue boat to Mediterranean
Sea-Watch 4 is result of crowdfunding and is set to leave from Spain in few days
The German Protestant church will send a ship to the central Mediterranean to rescue migrants attempting to reach Europe from north Africa.
The boat, named Sea-Watch 4, will depart in a few days from the seaport of Burriana, near Valencia, in Spain, where volunteers are finalising preparations, the crew has said.
The mission, managed by United4Rescue â an initiative led by the Protestant church in Germany (EKD) and backed by more than 500 other organisations â is the result of a crowdfunding campaign launched a few months ago and named #WirschickeneinSchiff (âWe send a shipâ).