Nick Romaniuk (L) and Max Avis of the NGO SOS Mediterranee take a cigarette after rescuing hundreds of migrants off the Libyan coast May 18, 2017. Picture taken May 18, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Scherer
ABOARD THE AQUARIUS RESCUE SHIP (Reuters) - Anne Marie Loof has devoted her life to humanitarian work but says she understands why some Italians have started painting people like her as villains.
"They feel overwhelmed," said Loof, who works for Doctors without Borders (MSF), in a clinic aboard the Aquarius rescue ship which plies the Mediterranean to save migrants off the Libyan coast. "They need a scapegoat. They need to blame someone, and we are a soft target."
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