more than 2500 people now reported missing or dead. the deaths this week have renewed calls for europe to find ways to resolve this growing humanitarian crisis. i m horrified and heartbroken as refugees and migrants are losing their lives in the mediterranean, europe and beyond. the deaths this week also give a sense of just how desperate many of the people are and highlight that the risks that they re willing to take to leave their homelands for a better life in europe. here s a look at the trek that many are taking. it s a dangerous journey that goes north through turkey, then into greece and macedonia, then into serbia and hungary. arwa day man has momon has more. reporter: just before dawn, we are on the same waters.
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is this going on everywhere? and a new crisis is emerging. [ sirens. ] i have a patient in the paba. he needs to get to the hospital. blockades are preventing thousands from reaching life-saving care. medical supplies aren t reaching the most vulnerable. why won t you let me through? my baby is sick! with children particularly affected. the baby s sick. someone s life is at risk. i don t want to lay my hands on you, mate.
canisters. we came in here and picked up lives. this is 1200 potential children. in our tour of being down there, we d seen a lot of death. we d seen a lot of destruction. and now, we ve given back, we ve given new life, new hope to those families that thought it was deteriorated when katrina hit. reporter: the rescue occurred on september 11, 2005. in september of 2006, she had twins, ben and sam, with the embryos brought to full term. i just thank the people that rescued our children. i would introduce them to sam and ben, and i would tell them, thank you for believing that these embryos were people. cause i know not everybody believes that. but they are. those are babies. and i would say, look what you did. and my children are alive today because you did that.
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