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Volunteers from the SOS Méditerranée association are trying to save migrants lost off the coast of Libya. In 2017, “Special Envoy” followed the first mission of three of them.
Ludovic, 34, is a naval officer, Juliette, 30, a midwife, Elisabeth, 55, a nurse. In the summer of 2017, instead of going on vacation, they preferred to board the Aquarius. This boat, chartered by the NGO SOS Méditerranée, was trying to save migrants lost off the Libyan coast.
Violence, exile… and hope
For these volunteers, it was the first humanitarian mission at sea. They were the first faces, the first smiles, the first hands that the castaways found on boarding. And for six weeks, they discovered the violence, the exile, the suffering, but also the hope and the immense joy of the rescued castaways.
A report by Hélène Eckmann and Marie Drouet / Capa Presse rebroadcast in “Special Envoy” on November 10, 2022.
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