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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The Libyan Migrant Disaster

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Washington, News, Politics, President, Wickenden, Wnyc, Barack, Obama, Lizza

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2015

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Mattathias Schwartz and Jon Lee Anderson join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss the ongoing Mediterranean migrant crisis, its causes, and its effects.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

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It's Thursday, April 23rd. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, April 23rd.

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I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of the New Yorker.

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Last Saturday, a heavily overloaded boat

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capsized off the coast of Libya,

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killing over 800 passengers.

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Most were sub-Saharan Africans being smuggled into Europe.

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Prime Minister Mateo Renzi addressed the tragedy

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before the Italian Parliament on Wednesday.

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He said, when someone is ready to risk their own life

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because they have to flee a situation

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where people are being beheaded around them,

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