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tv   Reporter  Deutsche Welle  March 15, 2020 7:15am-7:31am CET

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preparing for a worst case scenario right now and of course the medical professionals well could indeed be faced with some extremely difficult decisions in the coming days when it comes to who is a priority when it comes to treating patients which is a conundrum that italian doctors to have already been faced with a brady thank you. it watching the news state champs. play every journey is full of surprises lose got it all out. to use some tips one being given in the footsteps of the great result. in her turn most talented players straight. for a time who wanted. to marry much alive in the league travel guide to the specialist
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clubs in germany loves to recognize where exactly. was fun the last hours culture history. g.w. travel extremely worth a visit. to . the sals ins of refugees are fleeing war hunger and poverty hoping to reach europe via libya. and there are still multiple multiple because they crossed the mediterranean sea in flimsy overcrowded boats without life vests. or look good good. luck and are rescued by volunteers like the.
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place. it's early morning as the ocean viking leaves marsay. aboard are 23 volunteers from s.o.s. mediterranean and doctors without borders they've been on many rescue missions before. they've lease the 70 metre long ocean viking running the rescue operation costs $14000.00 euros each day the volunteers rely exclusively on donations. nicholas or nick roman york has the operation the 35 year old plus the ship's course other volunteers assist by checking news and weather reports and tracking other ships next number one priority to save as many lives as possible.
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receiving it self if you're shocked look out for a potential bugs in distress in the area. for an already got a v.h.s. recursions all waiting for the stress was from the authorities. all. ready. refugee boats rarely show up on the ship's radar because they're too small. so the crew keep a lookout scanning the horizon. often traffickers deliberately misinform refugees what we've heard over the years is that. the instructions that people are given on the boats is to is to proceed north from the coast you can see the oil platforms that they have that the flares burning off the excess gas so those flares are visible from the from the from the land and so you can see the haze and the sad
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thing about it is they actually tell people that that is italy so they say within a couple of hours you'll be you'll be arriving in italy the reality is it's not the case at all. frenchmen tante is one of the most experienced volunteers on the team . she's saved thousands of lives see already. we put a lot of her fault in what we're going to conform with which is just about taking control of people's mind and bring them to follow our instructions carefully and close it and to consider the best option is to trust us several hours later 130 kilometers off the libyan coast they suddenly receive a distress call. alarms phone a network that monitors the mediterranean has alerted the rescuers. nick needs to know where to steer his ship. we have a look for a possible war with knives or. war. already.
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so while. the volunteers have made radio contact with a plane operated by the european border agency frontex they've got eyes on the refugee boat in distress. or. war war war. war war or. oh for her. they launched the speedboat. even. with 230 horsepower they raced over the choppy waves they ready the life vests to make sure everyone is safe when.
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they need to ensure all refugees among them women and children remain calm even though they're desperate to get off the tiny boat. right. there if they call the offical record we're not going to book a girl really i'm just getting we're going to come but i'm going to get more have a look at. your journey is there was no work no go you know. it. really is good. good. nick can only watch from afar now everything is in tonga's hands. oh well the refugees listen to him and stay calm many can't swim and tang he hasn't handed out life jackets yet they could drown if their boat capsizes tongue he has the
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situation under control he's experienced and has been on many rescue missions before. for looks good good. good good. health. good. looking. good but. the boats must not touch as the flimsy overcrowded refugee boat could easily capsize. then the actual rescue begins the. first 5 infants are taken aboard then everyone else one by one. would. then the speed boat returns to the
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ocean viking. shuttling back and forth until everyone is safe. now the doctors without borders staff tends to the rescue. they swap their wet gas drenched clothes for clean dry garments men and women are allocated separate spaces onboard where they can rest. well i'm sorry i know. that the rescued are briefed in english french arabic and other languages. a team of doctors checks in with every person. beyond. that. then they receive the next distress call over the past 30 hours the team will
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embark on 3 rescue missions they save the lives of 276 ref. g.'s the volunteers work nonstop. but they thought by the offset some of them found that by difficult to climb on to the bottom time on time some biking bad luck played out. $65.00 of those rescued are under the age of 18 many are unaccompanied most are from mali nigeria bangladesh and morocco. 24 year old michael is from guyana. you know was saying balls would was a boy a very small. little man we are trying to prove though about probably the mood there was about this time by a down god i mean there was always arabic and. got out of the wood is there our
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life we download everything them through michael like so many others got stranded in libya because of the war returning to ghana through the sahara was unthinkable so the only option left was to try to make it across the mediterranean sea. it's not easy by yourself i am from libya yes we do you know as well as you did us some time dukakis you did put money on you until you plan money to clear them you were not near you. with almost $300.00 refugees aboard the ocean viking is that over capacity. with next approval the volunteers improvise creating extra space for the rescued. because it's going to raise the 270 people off the street so you got a little bit shell say yeah i think it's ok that we have today the funds that we
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have 3 events a few times. out of it quiet. they're warm meals every morning and midday and as much drinking water as anyone wants most of those rescued hadn't brought any with them but over. the long. run. at the back of the ship everyone can wash their clothes. the captain's told me our water level is a bit load so i'm going to have to be a bit careful with how much water we use ok so if you're waiting and you come away on this side wash your clothes whether we're going to. hear what you need. tell me. if i have my home want to cut your birthday i can sing to myself yeah stephen are you free when you take these guys down to the to the new the muster
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station to hang their clothes. meanwhile nick is in negotiation with the taliban and maltese authorities he wants permission to bring the rescue to safety. all his actions with national authorities to avoid being accused of playing into the hands of human traffickers. a few days later. really good morning. from bar. 2 2 to.
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finally they get to disembark but italian authorities detain the ship at port one of the refugees is suspected of having to. back to the coronavirus. look. at. the ocean viking is quarantined for 2 weeks. despite the fact that her help at sea is desperately needed with ever more people risking their lives to reach europe . i see videos of the central military and i see videos through throughout. the mediterranean and the atlantic of men women and sea and children being left in danger of being left to sleep to dry out for me that's not acceptable. that's why nick wants the ocean viking to return as quickly as possible to the libyan coast lives after all are at stake.
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