Two German businessmen are on a daring mission to save migrants from drowning in the Mediterranean
By Rick Noack
[…] The idea first came up in November, when Germany celebrated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. Back then, Höppner and Kuhnt decided to raise awareness about another, even more deadly barrier: the Mediterranean Sea. „We realized that only hundreds of miles away from Germany, we are in the process of erecting a new and similar border. Last year alone, more people died along E.U. borders than during the 27 years the Berlin Wall separated Germany,“ Kuhnt told The Washington Post. Human rights organization have repeatedly claimed that the European Union does not do enough to rescue refugees in distress.
