Every day migrants adrift in the mediterranean are rescued often by nongovernmental organizations now n. G. O. S are being accused of colluding with human traffickers really youre all i personally think its scandalous the way n. G. O. S are being criminalized at the moment by e. U. Policy makers is. The libyan coast guard says n. G. O. S are making it too easy for migrants and refugees to reach europe. Its a taxi service for refugees. Various n. G. O. S have rescue ships docked here. Our works for the berlin based private initiative see watch two years ago he and his team began patrolling just outside libyan territorial waters looking for refugees and migrants at risk of drowning sea watch alone has rescued more than thirty thousand people from unseaworthy vote. Lots and brought them to sicily. Critics claim their operations have been encouraging more people to risk the perilous journey across the sea. No more to be the marable that we had more boats again today three in total i wonder what were going to see tomorrow great expecting an update this evening via want sap theyve been. All lets do it. We tonight this was a student so we do everything in our town to rescue people who are in danger and if were just a little group so we can bring about a u. Turn any youre allowed to see the plan it will become if we can do is increase awareness of the of and provide images to show whats going on out here. Because the event people can claim they didnt have them and its newest one five am the team sets out on its First Expedition of the day by playing the rescue Coordination Center in rome has alerted them to reports of an inflatable raft full of people drifting on the high seas and sea watch and other n. G. O. S have been accused of collaborating with people smugglers which is why the air crew will be joined today by a u. N. Official who will be making his own assessment of their activities. Ya but what if we work routinely with the rescue Coordination Center in russia when we come across people in distress we alert the italians class were in regular contact with them and sometimes an oscar has to fly over a particular position to check whether there abouts and trouble got out. Of. The hole in the night and today we have an observer from the United NationsRefugee Agency with us he wants to see what it is we did. The south but about. The area they are searching is almost the size of two thousand soccer pitchers. After two hours in the air they have a sighting. Its the austral a repurposed sailing yacht that belongs to another ngo conducting tireless search and rescue missions in the mediterranean and it just saved the occupants of a rubber dinghy. The astral now has more than one hundred fifty people on board and is making its way to sicily above them. Reuben has the advantage of an aerial view the moon bird is sea watch is only reconnaissance aircraft. The n. G. O. S financed by donations it is currently appealing for contributions to make another ship operational the crew perform all minor repairs and Maintenance Work themselves. Since its founding in twenty fourteen c. Watch has rescued tens of thousands of migrants in the mediterranean Joshua Kruger has personally helped save hundreds of people. Does not succumb to lazy a typical inflatable boats sometimes ill have more than one hundred fifty people in them which is incredibly dangerous and made from extremely thin rubber so imagine one hundred people sitting on each boat holding on to the side cause if someone talks too hard or something unexpected happens with the engine bursts you can suddenly have a hundred people in the water before. Its in if you hear this plane located a boat in a completely different position than a c. And dont feel like there was no navy rescue ship and people were already in the water some had already drowned out it was a very dramatic day some politicians microphone not to believe it but sometimes the maritime rescue Coordination Center in rome would ask us to check an area because they know theres both there so in that sense the m. R. C. Sea can be more proactive than governing authority as they would prefer us not to be that large. A few hundred sea miles further south we join a libyan coast guard patrol tasked with preventing migrants from reaching the european coast captain of the jailer of the bari is no fan of the n. G. O. S. At. The presence of the ships further complicates matters to them and that will make things easier for the smugglers. Before this they had to make a full journey to lampedusa one hundred. Sixty miles. That is now they only need to go twelve miles which takes them just to i was. Sacked lets say a taxi service for refugees. Taxis exhibition for them at that seat in luxury. An accusation that is now being echoed by the e. U. All human traffickers now need to do it says is take their passengers a few sea miles out into International Waters where indios wait to scoop them up into their vessels never the yes yes yes yes so i know weve had a report from our h. Q. That theres a boat with Illegal Migrants that specific ordinance. And that theyve sent out an s. O. S. Thats a good guess were now going to try to find them and certainly yes i mean. Captain until bari wants to be first at the scene but see watch was quicker. Place. Was good for us. But see watch is not allowed to intervene it can only look on as captain up to forces the migrants to board his ship as requested by italy. Will. Very likely going to. Turn off the engine why do i have. To tell the boat is carrying around four hundred people. That i. Have back up. That turn off the engine. Whether democrat or. Whatever turn out the engine. Its the captains job to bring these people back to the libyan mainland the e. U. Funds the libyan coast guard operation which it sees as a deterrent. Process is that anyone who reaches dismantle call their relatives back home and tell them thats the watch is waiting just twelve months out to soon and encourage them to come to this well yeah. But i wanted to time slowly. Killing fifty one of these people each paid two thousand euros to the criminal gangs operating the book see that money is now lost as are their dreams of reaching here at. Our. Good luck. This nigerian woman is distraught and banks to be returned to the smugglers boat. Boat with four hundred people on board terms we know that suicide. Bombers. You are going to be facing. You would be safe you would be safe. You. Got. Now the tunnels. Calm down. If sea watch had been able to intercept the boat the migrants would now be on their way to sicily. Carmela is the senior immigration official in the port city of sicily. Was to stand on that it was a tsunami is completely by surprise we were unprepared and overwhelmed. We had to cope on our own there was no one to help us but on the drought that was set off that. Meant that i see that means huge changes for us but its something we have to adapt to put on the floor and how to deal with you see that it is to see it as a burden is the wrong approach. You know so proctor i see what i mean then you get the will. The local authorities into tanya are now providing assistance to refugees who wish to stay in italy with language courses apprenticeships and rooms in shared apartments in the city itself not out of town the aim is to integrate them into Italian Society there are ten People Living together in this building most of them spent years trying to reach europe often working under slave like conditions to pay for their continued journey. Spent almost three years toiling for smuggler gangs he doesnt want to be identified and says many people died during his sea crossing. So when she did him it you know were going out to the middle of the sea then the men came and rescued us the men with those t. Shirts the red cross. Crossed the italians took care of me im really grateful. If you went for them i wouldnt be alive. I almost died it would but now im in good health and i have a job in qatar nia so i love caetano. There are people here who love me too. Its a little bit so they get me home. Sekou is one of the fortunate ones hes found his dream job working in a car repair shop with a proper contract and he has his own apartment now that hes independent camilla campione has come to say goodbye she and her colleague ross sorry over an oldie are in charge of ninety six people who want to stay in italy. Even take it and said operation is a nice word and very on locals days i dont but in reality its not easy at all never been so never thought it was set aside its vital for the people taking part in the project to do their bit like a set see bands like you if they think they can stay in bed all day or stay out late at night good if theyre not interested in learning italian or doing an internship or anything hard to find a path forward together. And saying we are learning italian at a Language School. Is so works two days a week at a Market Garden he loves his job when he was growing up he suffered physical abuse and was forced into child labor. When. Its important that we learn to speak italian. It is so because now were living in italy. When we ask what schooling theyve had. I went to school in africa for twelve years. Youll think of my. I never learned anything in africa like reading writing. Stuff i couldnt even write my own name. You see this. Yes but now yes now i can read a little well this is where i can write a little. Bit yet to be. In libya the two men would doubtlessly have had a very different reception to the what a big fat. Zero whats needed in libya is more information that weve gotten a lot of the footman to make the my quince aware of the whole situation got it in fact. A cheap way settlement of the facts to get to place there has to be another way to control the situation there. Other than group force and. The sea watch Team Continues its Aerial Patrol reuben on his way through have spent four hours scouring the vast search area. Suddenly a rubber raft comes into view with no sign of any rescue ships in the vicinity ruben relays the boats position to the rescue Coordination Center in rome. The Productivity Group in cases where the libyan coast guard has threatened rescue ships these are now staying further north people having to wait longer to be rescued because of the threats and the lack of clear instructions from the m. R. C. See when are hoping to get a Rapid Response from the Coordination Center. The general film opposition has said that we can prove were in International Waters. If the libyan coast guard now intervened to bring the boat back to libya it would be violating International Law a tanker appears tonight the name of. Rube annoyed the bomber radios the tanker but the captain maintained his course ignoring the plight of the people in the raft. Or took photos of the tanker sailing straight past and the captain must have seen about. The plane continue circling over the dinghy until help arrives. But yet value of the could be aquarius will now head out here as fast as it can but theyre still really far away lets hope all goes well. I mean all the. Outside the town of minneola an hours drive in one from to tania is europes largest Refugee Center almost three thousand people from twenty Different Countries are housed in the settlement which originally served a nearby nato base to director giuseppe din the tully knows a lot of the residents to ensure everyones concerns are addressed hes introduced a system of representation with one man and one woman elected as delegates for each national group. The will of. The director and his team offer residents professional counseling they can talk about their experiences to an expert or in group sessions. Really think you know what you get all we must not forget that europe has an obligation to welcome those fleeing from certain death from persecution and hunger in the world. Their journey here is a traumatic one the product there are not easy to process for sure that. Cannot be done before theres also a soccer pitch and a volunteer coach a welcome opportunity for young men to have some fun and keep in shape their Team Coverage of many oh as many make it into one local Soccer League the camp also has a Language School for adults the children attend school in the neighboring town of many oh. God. What i felt. Was that. That. You know. This is. Serious stuff. That baez. Said almost moment. Integration is more difficult if they dont speak the language of the first thing it impacts this social class plus if they cant speak the local language there is no way for them to inform themselves about regulations or their own rights. But here in the old world platform. Youre a kind man there with me so youre a good girl to sit by the but ill let you know better because you let me go to school i thought i left the band credo my name fan dance thank you all for blessing us to welcome last yr old giuseppe to natalee has been in charge of the camp for just a few months year olds was a pivotal i dont think i used to be a racist but i definitely had a different perspective its a contact with people changes your perception you stop being influenced by the media what politicians say gold digger. Through a more realistic and thats apprehensive end of things. The camp is funded by the e. U. Meanwhile captain badri has arrived in tripoli together with the four hundred people agonizingly had earlier seen europe on the horizon. Or not id love to let their nightmare journey now continues in libya. But what was it. That. Regardless of whether their economic migrants or Asylum Seekers the libyan authorities view them as illegal immigrants. Anyone caught without a visa ends up in one of the countrys Migrant Detention Centers such as abu salim in tripoli. Was today a u. N. Delegation is due to pay a visit a minimum wage this is space especially i did for all schools and he told it was gods will you can see if you still need to spades most to see what we are looking for and it really does what i was going to say i see so i can do these we have been so quick inside we dont have we dont believe he comes to see but the emotions on there is so clear eyed. For those detained here there is little to do except pray sleep and wait and abu salim is by no means the worst of such Detention Centers its funded and monitored by the un. Many here are plagued by uncertainty frustration and boredom some try to escape and given with it. And instability in libya out of. Any of that we ourselves have a hard time making ends meet. Anyone entertaining the idea of coming to libya should think again. Going to be easy to believe if you look at a small army of moloch of a dont know we say but. Its unclear when the detainees will be released. The black smoke rising from the scene looks like burning plastic reuben and his pilot can relax knowing that the migrants now on board the rescue ship are safe. Right now because we destroy the rocks if we have enough time so that they can be used again they already have a lot of where intact so using them again would be dangerous because theyre more likely to sink like. The real thing. The libyan coast guard is lurking near the aquarius. Cry of someone is trying to radio the aquarius could get interesting over there. But i dont want us to get any closer. Yeah thats the navy and coast guard up front that. Every trip running out of your depth but we have to go back to my friend al. For ruben knowing about todays patrol was a routine mission. Not often we dont find anything and every day we dont find a boat in distress is a good day but were here for those days where there is a part in distress. But i dont think. The u. N. Observer in the back was able to make a firsthand assessment of the situation through benoit about our hopes joint missions like this will help refute the allegations he and other n. G. O. S are facing. Even if the ship was far away maybe there in time to save the boat that shows how important our work continues to be and how these humanitarian crises cannot be solved by simply bribing local militias to close off the beaches thats a very shortsighted policy is what we do is compensate for that policy we go out in search of those boats and they get rescued so its nice to finish today with a success and right now im just really glad the boats passengers were rescued would get one with. The work is a big challenge for the volunteer rescuers the toughest part of the job is dealing with the human misery they encounter on an almost daily basis. Points it out for. You can tell what theyve been through they have scars and Bullet Wounds which have often not been treated properly theres a lot of crying its an extremely emotional situation and when things get hectic the crew have to maintain order and try to calm the people down. There are about to be rescued so theres a lot of adrenaline going and things can get out of control with. The detective. But when he gets left this is an example of something we try to avoid drawing up right beside us but sometimes there are a number of boats and one drifts towards us. Then you have to tell the people that they have to come aboard one by one one by one eyed if people dont remain calm theres a danger that their boat will collapse and passengers will fall into the water. To conceal fines and this is so off the court we hire so we have to hoist them up some of them are completely exhausted and fall back down because theyre unaware of just how weak they are with us. If that isnt. Last year the sea watch team had a particularly Dramatic Mission their plane spotted a group of people out at sea and in the water by the time men in geo rescue ship arrived seven had drowned. The surface of the homes in the shape of the top of the pictures the u. Ventre it was seized by italian prosecutors and is currently unable to conduct any more operations so it makes us really angry knowing that the ship that rescued people back then is now stuck in italy. At the top just me tell you its a policy that makes no sense. As when this one ill admit they do everything they can to prevent people from coming here while at the same time trying to get rid of the rescue organizations and what happens when the people still sent out an end up dying just because nobody sees it it isnt happening is that was thinking people see the thought i just cant fathom that stuff through the into the sixtys this is foolish and stuff as you go. Two days later the rescue ship aquarius has reached the sicilian port of trapani the migrants it picked up have made it to the e. U. And have now been officially registered with the italian authorities and they will now be distributed among various refugee camps in addition to recovering from their journey and perhaps playing a bit of soccer they will start learning italian in their crucially they know they are now. Safe and have reached europe. The crew of the aquarius have a few hours free time after their strenuous search and rescue operation. Shows us drawings by children thanking the team for saving them. But it is only a long them up over here quick. We love s. O. S. Nice favors where you want to be i mean im with us right there so many frantic week and then theres this one you already i thank god for our rescue and for the rescuers on your over there im going to reflect on i thought about that and we like the rescue team ready or if. They were sad to hear some of them from the list at that quarter to get us that only goes up by one more it is our messages that have really touched our hearts and we have put them on the wall as a reminder of how much love we invest in our work to do anything but how much love we get back off because were not. At six pm the crew have to get back to work and prepare the aquarius for its next expedition nobody knows what the situation in the mediterranean would be like without the efforts of organizations like theirs. Yoshua kluger sees no alternative to carrying on. Nothing to something to say look weve got to do this to save the people dont come because they know the rescue ships will be that they come because theyre desperate and as you can see the experience shows that if you close off one route people are forced to try another more dangerous route. Meant to for treatment a lot of movement if we will be there to try and do what we do bast rescue people and go to that moment to show the rest of the world this is the reality of whats going on here but this is whats happening on europes doorstep. The fast pace of life in the digital shift has the lowdown on the web showing new developments and providing useful information on the wheaties flames and interviews with makers and users. Should next on w. D w true diversity play. Where the world of science is at home in many languages. On top of that ive been wondering you know me have you ever thought of our innovations magazine for each of. 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