U.S. actor Richard Gere holds a news conference in support of an NGO ship "Open Arms", which carries stranded migrants, in Lampedusa, Italy, August 10, 2019. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
LAMPEDUSA, Italy (Reuters) - Hollywood star Richard Gere on Saturday called on the Italian government to stop "demonising people" and instead help migrants who have been stranded on a Spanish charity boat in the Mediterranean for more than a week.
Gere, who visited the Open Arms ship in a show of support on Friday, joined a news conference in the Italian island of Lampedusa to call for the 160 migrants stuck on the boat to be allowed to disembark.
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