The cost of rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Business Daily we get on board The Ocean Viking, a migrant rescue boat operated by the non-governmental organisations SOS Méditerranée and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
The boat has recently been at the centre of a diplomatic row having been denied permission to dock by the Italian authorities and instead having to travel to France so those onboard could disembark. The BBC's Frey Lindsay spoke to some of the migrants and crew on the boat over the last few weeks.
We’ll also hear from the former mayor of Lampedusa, Giusi Nicolini, on why she thinks European states should cooperate much more to deal with this kind of migration. Sophie Beau and Xavier Lauth of SOS Méditerranée also explain why politics, diplomatic rows, higher prices and compassion fatigue are all increasing the financial pressures on their operations.
Producer / presenter: Frey Lindsay Image: Crew on the Ocean Viking; Credit: Getty
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| 0:47.4 | 500 meters from us, not underway, proceeding for a normal third assessment. |
| 0:54.8 | Easy-do, ready to go. |
| 0:56.9 | Back, be sure, medical team. |
| 1:03.9 | What you're hearing is one of three search and rescue teams of the humanitarian ship |
| 1:07.1 | of the Ocean Viking, running training drills in the Bay of Syracuse in |
| 1:11.7 | Sicily a few weeks ago. |
| 1:23.1 | Once we are at sea, we spend a lot of time with a binocular on the other, on the bridge, |
| 1:27.8 | trying to spot targets. |
| 1:29.5 | And targets for us can be rubber boat, small wooden boat, but also very big wooden boat |
| 1:34.8 | with hundreds of people inside. |
| 1:37.1 | So we spend our time trying to find people left alone at sea in distress. |
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