116:(MOAS) and MSF. The Bourbon Argos can take 300 to 350 people on board. A team of doctors, nurses, logisticians, water and sanitation experts and intercultural mediators is on board. 15 nautical crew members are responsible for the ship's technology. In addition to medical help for boat refugees in the Mediterranean, relief supplies are distributed to those who have been rescued.
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failed to comply with a request to identify themselves.
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