Green senator joins Europe refugee rescue

Sarah Hanson-Young will set sail on the Mediterranean Sea on Saturday as part of a search and rescue mission to save migrants.

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young will join a rescue mission to find migrants lost in the Mediterranean Sea.

The senator announced on social media she would set sail on Saturday with the Migrant Offshore Aid Station and may be at sea for a number of days depending on how many people they find.

"This will be an experience I will never forget," she wrote on Facebook on Friday.


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