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Underwater museum offers a stark reminder of refugee crisis (pics+vid)

The project focuses on Europe's refugee crisis and includes several installations of refugee sculptures

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The Museo Atlántico located on the Spanish island of Lanzarote features an impressive collection of sculptures made by British artist Jason deCaires Taylor.

The project focuses on Europe’s refugee crisis and includes several installations of refugee sculptures.

The sculptures were cast from real people and had to be submerged with the help of divers. One of the installation, The Raft Of Lampedusa, shows African women, men, and children in a sunken inflatable boat.

The Museo Atlántico opens on February 25 and visitors will have to go underwater to see the sculptures, as PBS Newshour mentions.

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“Drawing parallels between the abandonment suffered by sailors in his shipwreck scene and the current refugee crisis, the work is not intended as a tribute or memorial to the many lives lost but as a stark reminder of the collective responsibility of our now global community,” deCaires Taylor wrote in a Facebook post about the installation.

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