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Valeria Alice Colombo

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Valeria Alice Colombo is an Italian Doctor and Crew member on Open Arms, Alan Kurdi and Sea Watch 3. She is also a member of the journalistic collective Brush&Bow

The Open Arms rescue ship arrives on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa, southern Italy. Italy's government has turned rescue ships away from its ports under far-right interior minister Matteo Salvini.
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Refugees and migrants swimming and shouting for help from crew members from the Migrant Offshore Aid Station's Phoenix vessel off the coast of Italy, 24 May, 2017
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