resorts, an unlikely launching point for refugees and migrants willing to risk everything to reach europe. under the light of the crescent moon we witness another attempt at a crossing. it s after 2:00 a.m. and we have encountered another little rubber dinghy loaded with people paddling in the direction of greece. it s incredibly overloaded, this little boat. it s an accident waiting to happen. reporter: to make matters worse, some wear heavy backpacks over their life jackets. before possible disaster strikes, the coast guard comes to the rescue. tonight they fail to reach greece but they will live another day. reporter: who are these people trying to make this dangerous and potentially deadly
everything to reach europe. under the light of the moon, we witness another attempt at a crossing. it s after 2:00 a.m. and we have encountered another little rubber dinghy loaded with people. they are actually paddling in the direction of greece. it s incredibly overloaded. this little boat. it s an accident waiting to happen. to make matters worse, somewhere, heavy backpacks over their life jackets. before possible disaster strikes, the coast guard comes to the rescue. tonight, they failed to reach greece, but they will live another day. now, the turkish government says in the last nine months, they have made at least 50,000 k rescues of migrants trying to make the journey. the rescue workers we traveled
hungary. instead, a group of refugees that were trying to reach greece on a flimsy rubber dinghy that could best be described as something just for kids, that group has been rescued, thank god. they were making that same perilous journey across the mediterranean from turkey that killed this toddler and his older brother and his mother. it s just 14 miles to get that crossing, but the dinghies are so overloaded and so woefully inadequate, many of those who try to do this don t make it. the boat that we re talking about from last night lost its motor and essentially these people were just adrift. any wove could have flipped them all over and the fate could have been the same. cnn senior international correspondent ivan watson was there when rescue crews pulled this group to safety. ivan, take me back to what you witnessed last night and explain to people who see this on the news day after day, what it really feels like and looks like where you re standing.
the region, including the french president who is saying this is something that europe needs to deal with because it s a matter of the conscience of the continent. the question, of course, is going to be whether that will translate into concrete action and more settlement spots will be open to syrian refugees and refugees from other war-torn nations. we are hearing from the father of little aylan kurdi, the 3-year-old who was photographed dead on that turkish beach, and he is saying essentially that he s recounting the horror of that wednesday morning when he along with 11 others were crowded onto a rubber dinghy. his two children, 3-year-old aylan, a 4-year-old as well as his wife, that he even told the people smuggler according to the conversation he had with our produc producer, is this boat not overpacked, do you think we should get off the boat? the human trafficker told him,
today on the border between austria angd germany. people were found packed inside of the truck. three of them young children. all of them today are luckily alive. this was not the case earlier this week, when more than 70 people, all migrants from other countries, were found dead in a transport truck also in austria. these people are either refugees or displaced by conflict. these dangers are being made in higher numbers than we have ever seen before. thousands upon thousands. some countries insist they are doing all they can to accommodate the refugees but are overwhelmed. aur rwa damon reports. reporter: a rubber dinghy takes on the turkish coast guard. just before dawn, we are on the same waters.