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SMH, a Spanish humanitarian rescue charity, postponed its planned mission in the central Mediterranean until 2027 due to rising fuel costs. The group, which operates a former fishing vessel named Aita Mari, has shifted its activities to coastal waters around Spain and the islands of Mallorca and Menorca. SMH also started a crowdfunding campaign to cover these increased expenses. This delay highlights the financial challenges faced by humanitarian groups operating in one of the world's deadliest migration routes between North Africa and Europe.

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Spanish humanitarian rescue charity Salvamento Maritimo Humanitario (SMH) has postponed its next migrant rescue mission in the central Mediterranean until 2027 due to soaring fuel costs, highlighting the financial pressures facing such efforts. SMH operates the Aita Mari, a former fishing vessel converted into a rescue ship in 2017, which now faces doubled fuel prices that have forced it to suspend operations in the central Mediterranean and shift activities to waters around Spain's Valencia coast and the islands of Mallorca and Menorca. The group also launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover the increased costs. The central Mediterranean crossing from North Africa to Italy is one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes, used by migrants from Africa and the Middle East seeking to reach Europe in overcrowded or unseaworthy boats.

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Spanish NGO postpones Mediterranean rescue mission over fuel costs asserted

NGO → postpone → costs

MADRID, Oct 14 - Spanish humanitarian rescue charity SMH has postponed its next mission in the central Mediterranean until 2027 due to soaring fuel costs, the group said on Wednesday, highlighting the financial pressures facing humanitarian efforts along one of the world's deadliest migration routes. SMH, which operates the Aita Mari, a former fishing vessel converted into a rescue ship in 2017, said on X the doubling of fuel prices had forced it to suspend operations in the central Mediterranean and shift activities to waters around Spain's Valencia coast, and the islands of Mallorca and Menorca. asserted

doubling → postpone → Mallorca

It also launched a crowdfunding campaign to cover the extra costs. asserted

It → launch → costs

The central Mediterranean crossing from North Africa to Italy and southern France is one of the world's most dangerous migrant routes, used by migrants from Africa and the Middle East seeking to reach Europe, often in overcrowded or unseaworthy boats. asserted

crossing → use → boats

Spanish NGO Open Arms said it had also scaled back its central Mediterranean missions in recent years because of rising fuel costs and Italy's policy of assigning rescue vessels ports in northern Italy. asserted

it → say → Italy

The practice can require ships to sail for two or three days from their operating area, increasing costs and reducing time available for search-and-rescue work. asserted

practice → require → work

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing, anti-immigration government has repeatedly argued that humanitarian rescue vessels encourage migrants to attempt the crossing. asserted

vessels → argue → crossing

Spanish NGO postpones Mediterranean rescue mission over fuel costs

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