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Catalan parliament awards gold medals to migrant rescue boat captains The Catalan Parliament awards a gold medal to Carola Rackete, the German captain of rescue vessel Sea-Watch 3. She was temporarily arrested in Italy for docking without permission. The parliament also awards a gold medal to the founder of Spanish migrant rescue charity Proactiva Open Arms, Oscar Camps, whose boat spent three weeks in August stranded off the coast of Italy because Rome refused it permission to dock and unload the migrants it had on board. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES