accounts eight days in the mediterranean since heading south in the coast of egypt. some survivors say they were transferred to six different vessels on their way here because one gang of people smugglers would then pass them onto a different gang. and as you look at those people coming off that boat you just get a sense of how bad things really must be back at home because we have seen women with babes in arms coming down the gangplank. we have seen toddlers so small that they seem to stagger along taking their first steps towards a new life. now, there's a lot of syrians onboard there. they're obviously fleeing the civil conflict there. there are egyptians onboard as well. things as we know have turned bad there since the breakdown of democracy in egypt. and a lot of subsaharan africans from west africa and from the horn of africa as well. the italian police also on hand here though they're going to be combing through the passengers on that vessel to see if they can find any trace of the people traffickers. back to you, michaela. >> such a horrifying scenario.