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		</div><p>The 32 survivors of a rescue mission in the Mediterranean Sea are in “a desperate situation”, a campaigner has said.</p>
<p>Volunteer Robin Jenkins, 45, from the Vale of Glamorgan, was on the Sea Watch 3 when it rescued the migrants off the coast of Malta on December 22.</p>
<p>He spoke as the group, which includes children, remains stranded on the boat at sea as no nation has granted it permission to dock with the migrants on board.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">One of our guests jumped into the water, trying to reach <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Malta?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Malta</a>. Few minutes later, he was back on board &#8211; he knew that it wouldn&#39;t work. <br />They have been at sea for over 14 days, they have months of detention in <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Libya?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Libya</a> behind them. This is what desperation looks like. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/United4Med?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#United4Med</a> <a href="https://t.co/fRVkjbpU3Q">pic.twitter.com/fRVkjbpU3Q</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Sea-Watch International (@seawatch_intl) <a href="https://twitter.com/seawatch_intl/status/1081185407214211072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A petition calling for the UK Government to help find a port of safety for the vessel had topped 42,500 signatures by 5.30pm on Saturday.</p>
<p>Mr Jenkins said the group are owed the “same humanity” as other people he has rescued.</p>
<p>He said the group were in an inflatable boat that was “not suitable for seafaring” and had a smell of fuel coming from it.</p>
<p>He said: <em>“There was one woman who we rescued with her seven-year-old son. She was a single mother who said that even one more day or one more hour in Libya was too much to bear.</em></p>
<p><em>“These people were desperate. They would have to be to have got into that boat.</em></p>
<p><em>“People back home don’t understand that the Mediterranean in December (and January) isn’t the same one in the summer holiday brochures. We’ve had waves of more than three meters.</em></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">States must not delay offering a safe port to children, women and men on board <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SeaWatch3?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SeaWatch3</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SeaEye?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SeaEye</a> any longer. Their health/safety should not be put at further risk by leaving them stranded at sea. Humanity and compassion must prevail. <a href="https://twitter.com/seawatchcrew?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seawatchcrew</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/seaeyeorg?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@seaeyeorg</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/coe?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@coe</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PACE_News?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PACE_News</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Commissioner for Human Rights (@CommissionerHR) <a href="https://twitter.com/CommissionerHR/status/1081157177782489088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 4, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“This is deadly. Their boat was deadly. And now they’re stuck at sea – after two weeks – because European countries cannot afford them the humanity that they deserve.</em></p>
<p><em>“They are just people. The same as the people I have pulled from rivers and off the coast in the UK and delivered back to shore. They are owed that same humanity.”</em></p>
<p>The petition, on Change.org, says the group are in “need of urgent help” as European countries refuse to open ports and provide shelter.</p>
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