The Italian coastguard said it answered a distress call on Saturday from a rescue vessel funded by British street artist Banksy, and taken charge of 49 migrants in most need of help. "In view of the danger the situation posed, the coastguards sent a patrol boat from (the island of) Lampedusa... which took on board the 49 people in the most fragile condition -- 32 women, 13 children and four men," the coastguard said in a statement. The German-flagged MV Louise Michel had said it was stranded, with over 200 people aboard, after lending assistance to a boat that was carrying at least one dead migrant. cm/pvh/har