In the Same Boat, 2015 - photo © by Francesco Zizola, 2016 World Press Photo award winner - Contemporary Issues, Second Prize Stores
August 26, 2015
“Some 95 refugees on board a rubber dinghy, in international waters off the Libyan coast, await rescue after sending out a distress call.
“For some years, refugees have been crossing the strait in the Mediterranean Sea between Libya and Italy, often in unseaworthy vessels. The passage is longer and more dangerous than at more recent crossing points, between Turkey and Greece. Nearly 140,000 people reached Italian soil from Libya in 2015, but more than 2,800 drowned while trying to make the crossing. Search and rescue operations are carried out in the region by a number of bodies, such as the international medical relief organization Doctors Without Borders.” (Source)
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