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SOS Mediterranee wins 'Alternative Nobel Prize'

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The maritime rescue group has won the Right Livelihood Award for its life-saving missions helping imperiled migrants on the Mediterranean Sea.Thousands of people trying to make their way to Europe drown in the Mediterranean Sea every year. In 2022, more than 2,400 people lost their lives, according to the UN refugee agency UNHCR, though no one knows the exact number for sure.