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In the fall of 2013, more than 500 African migrants crammed together on a 20-meter boat with the hope of reaching the Italian island of Lampedusa. Many never did
The boat caught fire and sank, and more than half the migrants aboard, some of whom were children, died.
The Lampedusa boat sinking made international headlines, and although the scene has become all too familiar off African coasts — in 2014 more than 3,000 prospective migrants died at sea — the catastrophe was a wake-up call for multi-millionaire businessman Christopher Catrambone.
Catrambone himself is a migrant. He transplanted his family from Louisiana to the Mediterranean island of Malta after Hurricane Katrina devastated his home in 2005. Read more...
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