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Volunteers in the sky watch over migrant rescues by sea

Andrew Cuomo

By RENATA BRITO
Associated Press

ABOARD THE SEABIRD (AP) — A humanitarian effort seeks to monitor human rights violations and assist in the rescue of migrants fleeing Libya to Europe by boat on the Mediterranean Sea. The German non-governmental organization known as Sea-Watch conducts the operation. Even if they spot a boat full of migrants in distress, often they get little help from European vessels in the area. Nearly 23,000 people have died or gone missing trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe since 2014, according to the United Nations’ migration agency. Despite the risks, many migrants say they’d rather die trying to reach Europe than be returned to Libya where, upon disembarkation, they are placed in detention centers and often subjected to relentless abuse.

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