The moment when two brothers from Senegal trying to cross the Mediterranean sea in a rubber boat were taken onboard the vessel Aquarius by the rescue teams from the humanitarian organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Méditerranée some 14 nautical miles from the Libyan coast. One of the two brothers arrived at the vessel complaining of strong abdominal pain. He was taken by the medical team for examinations and two days later disembarked at the Italian port of Catania.
A rubber boat with some 180 African migrants onboard trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy. The International Organization for Migration announced that over 4,000 migrants and refugees have died on route to Europe since January 2016.
African migrants rescued outside the Libyan coast traveling to the port of Catania in the vessel Aquarius operated by the humanitarian organizations MSF and SOS Méditerranée. The migrants have to sleep in the deck during the two days long trip between the Libyan coast and Italy.
Members of the rescue teams from MSF and SOS Méditerranée disembarking the body of a migrant rescued on a rubber boat outside the Libyan cost. The young man had been rescued at night along a group of other 120 migrants and died hours after been taken onboard the vessel Aquarius.
Rescue teams form the humanitarian organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Méditeranée training drill outside the Libyan coast.
A group of 138 African refugees rescued during a night rescue at international waters at the Mediterranean sea by the NGOs MSF and SOS Mediterranee.
African migrats rescued outside the Libyan coast placed in the front deck of the Vessel Aquarius operated by the humanitarian organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Méditerranée.
An eleven years old boy from Guiné Conakry observing the port of Catania when the vessel Aquarius arrived to disembark 242 other African migrants. The vessel patrols the Mediterranean waters between the Lybian and the italian coasts. A 25-person crew – seafarers, rescue workers, doctors and nurses – coordinates the operation on the boat which can take up to 500 shipwrecked refugees. To carry out their rescues, the team is in contact with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre based in Rome, which receives all the distress signals. Fewer people have attempted the perilous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe this year. And yet, it’s been the deadliest year ever for migrants – 3,800 deaths. That’s 13 a day. Blame it on more crowded boats, unscrupulous smugglers and bad weather.
Dr. Sarah Gilles from the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders examining a migrant rescued at the mediterranean. The man arrived at the boat complaining of strong abdominal and chest pain and was taken to the clinic for examination.
A group of 104 African refugees at the Aquarius Vessel operated by the NGOs MSF and SOS Mediterranee.
Rescue teams from he humanitarian organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Méditerranée during a rescue operation at the mediterranean sea.
The moment when two African migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean sea in a rubber boat were taken onboard the vessel Aquarius by the rescue teams from the humanitarian organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Méditerranée some 14 nautical miles from the Libyan coast.
African migrants rescued outside the Libyan coast by rescue teams from the humanitarian organizations MSF and SOS Méditerranée praying in the deck of the Vessel Aquarius.
A woman at the Aquarius rescue boat operated by the humanitarian organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Méditerranée. The boat the woman was traveling with other African migrants started to sink and many arrived at the Aquarius in sock and sick.
A migrant refugee rescued during a night rescue at international waters at the Mediterranean sea by the NGOs MSF and SOS Mediterranee.
A rubber boat with some 180 African migrants onboard trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Libya to Italy. The International Organization for Migration announced that over 4,000 migrants and refugees have died on route to Europe since January 2016.
African migrants rescued outside the Libyan coast traveling to the port of Catania in the vessel Aquarius operated by the humanitarian organizations MSF and SOS Méditerranée. The migrants have to sleep in the deck during the two days long trip between the Libyan coast and Italy. In the picture one of the migrant prays.
African migrants rescued outside the Libyan coast traveling to the port of Catania in the vessel Aquarius operated by the humanitarian organizations MSF and SOS Méditerranée. Women and children are allowed to sleep inside during the two days long trip between the Libyan cost and Europe. In the picture, a group of women traveling with their children are looking outside as the Aquarius vessel arrives at the port of Catania in Italy.
In 2016 André has spent a couple of weeks on the vessel Aquarius, documenting the search and the rescue of migrants by the teams of the humanitarian organizations Doctors Without Borders and SOS Méditerranée.
The vessel patrols the Mediterranean waters between the Lybian and the italian coasts.
A 25-person crew – seafarers, rescue workers, doctors and nurses – coordinates the operation on the boat which can take up to 500 shipwrecked refugees. To carry out their rescues, the team is in contact with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre based in Rome, which receives all the distress signals.
Fewer people have attempted the perilous trip across the Mediterranean to Europe this year. And yet, it’s been the deadliest year ever for migrants – 3,800 deaths. That’s 13 a day. Blame it on more crowded boats, unscrupulous smugglers and bad weather.
