Mainz, Germany. 14th July 2018. A protester holds up a sign that reads '629 in 4 weeks ... don't you know that there are people behind these figures?', referencing the people who died in the last 4 weeks while trying to cross the Mediterranean. A few hundred protesters marched through Mainz, to protest against the politics of the German government and the EU of closed borders and the prevention of sea rescue operations of NGOs, by grounding their ships in Malta, that causes refugees to drown in the Mediterranean. They called for the Mayor of Mainz to take in refugees from the Mediterranean. Th


Mainz, Germany. 14th July 2018. A protester holds up a sign that reads '629 in 4 weeks ... don't you know that there are people behind these figures?', referencing the people who died in the last 4 weeks while trying to cross the Mediterranean. A few hundred protesters marched through Mainz, to protest against the politics of the German government and the EU of closed borders and the prevention of sea rescue operations of NGOs, by grounding their ships in Malta, that causes refugees to drown in the Mediterranean. They called for the Mayor of Mainz to take in refugees from the Mediterranean. The protest was part of the German wide Seebrucke (Sea bridge) protest that saw thousands of people protest in several German cities over the last few weeks.


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