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Theyre part of the largest mass migration since the second world war, fueled by the chaos and violence that have consumed the middle east and north africa. Every day, desperate migrants are packed into rubber rafts and overloaded fishing boats in libya and sent toward the italian coast. They spend hours or days hoping to be rescued before they sink. It is a dangerous gamble, and the odds are getting worse. We wanted to see what its like to travel through those treacherous waters. Over a period of months, we followed the people on both sides of this life and death struggle. The Italian Coast Guard allowed us to join its search and rescue mission. With summer approaching and the weather improving, this is shaping up to be an unprecedented season of death in the mediterranean. At first, it was just a tiny smudge on the horizon, dwarfed by a merchant ship nearby. But as we moved closer, we were able to make out human forms around 50 people, we thought at first, packed into a rickety wooden fishing boat no more than 40 feet long, bobbing in the open sea. Okay, understood 20 minutes, we arrive in the area. Ward on the bridge of the Italian Coast Guard ship fiorillo, the captain had received word that someone from the boat had used a Satellite Phone to call for help. The migrants were just 40 miles from the libyan coast, well outside of italian waters, but the law of the sea dictates that anyone who can help, must. He sent two small launches to make the first approach. Sit down, sit down. Ward the crews threw bags stuffed with life jackets to the migrants. Its one of the most dangerous moments in any rescue as desperate passengers surge towards their rescuers, boats like this often capsize. Sit down, sit down ward eyewitnesses say thats exactly what happened in last weekends disaster. Women and children, women and children. Ward women and children are always the first to be taken off, and we were shocked by just how many there were. The coast guard ferried the migrants back to the ship before returning to collect more and more, an operation that lasted into the night. On this rescue, the final count an incredible 301 migrants in a 40foot fishing boat. Its a process that is being repeated day after day across this strip of the mediterranean by Italian Coast Guard crews led by officers like arturo incerti. Last year, more than 170,000 people made the crossing. Arturo incerti its not easy to see every day for months only people in the deep sea, like obliged to make this travel because they are escaping from wars, from bombs, from. And its. Its a Human Experience that is very hard to accept. Ward theyre so desperate, these people. Incerti they have nothing to lose. That is terrible to understand. Ward many were in a state of shock, wrapped in emergency blankets. They were given a basic medical checkup and some food. From the moment they set foot on this deck, these migrants have reached safety. But theyve also, in a sense crossed a border, because being rescued by the Italian Coast Guard means that they will reach italy. And that is something they were willing to risk their lives for. On the rescue we witnessed, some of the migrants were refugees from syrias brutal civil war. But most were fleeing the harsh dictatorship in the african country of eritrea. They told us that conditions there were so brutal and opportunities so few that they were willing to travel more than 1,500 miles just to take a chance on a small boat. Mulu amale it is very dangerous, but to live in eritrea is more dangerous from this. Ward we talked to mulu amale and his friends, who said they spent weeks living on bread and water under the control of armed libyan smugglers. All the libyan, they have guns. Amale it is very cruel people. Ward cruel people why . How were they cruel . What did they do . Amale if you speak with your brother, they take. Ward they smack, they beat you . Amale yes. Ward by the time they saw how small the boat was, they were too scared of the smugglers to back out. The coast guard has now started to dread good weather. A flat blue sea can spell disaster, triggering a flood of refugees to attempt the crossing at once. Leopoldo manna we have never seen Something Like this. Ward captain Leopoldo Manna is the man who receives those desperate Satellite Phone calls from migrants abandoned by smugglers at sea. His Coast Guard Command Center in rome works around the clock knowing that if their boats dont take action, the migrants will likely die. Manna its difficult to explain that sometime we have 25 boats asking for rescue. We dont exactly know where they are, and they all ask to be rescued. Its an incredible. Ward and you cant rescue all of them. Manna its not possible to rescue 25 all together and you dont know where they are. Ward do you they understand the risks . Manna i believe that they understand the risk. Ward but it doesnt stop them. Manna the problem. They. I believe that they are so desperate that nothing will stop them. Ward so its like these smugglers are putting a gun to your head. Manna i confirm. I confirm. Something like that. As they put a gun in front of us to save these people, almost Something Like that. Ward most of the ships leave from libya, where a complete breakdown of law and order gives smugglers free reign. Italian territory is more than 150 miles away, but the boats only need to Reach International waters before sending an sos. Manna they call from these places, sometimes closer to libya. They say, save me. I say, okay. I call libya, nobody answer from libya. Ward nobody answered. Manna simply no. Ward they dont even answer the phone . Manna no, they even dont answer to the phone. Ward the coast guard is proud of the work it is doing, but its resources are over stretched. Manna sometimes, i feel alone. This is the truth. Ward alone in what sense . Manna alone. Alone because i have my guys, my ladies, my men, but i dont have other help. And i need to be helped. Ward you need support. Manna i need support, right. Ward after days at sea, the migrants are sent to places like this. We visited sicilys mineo camp which is home to thousands who have been pulled out of the mediterranean. For many, italy is a gateway to countries further north that are already struggling with immigration issues. The cost of feeding and housing so many new migrants in the midst of a financial crisis has presented europe with a real challenge and no easy solution. Federico soda every time a boat goes down and a few hundred people die, were shocked we see it in the headlines. And then we go back pretty much to business as usual. Ward federico soda is the International Organization for migrations regional director for the mediterranean. He welcomed this weeks announcement that europe would increase funding for its sea patrols, but says that more action must be taken. Where do you think the reluctance comes from . Soda i think that its a combination of immigration being not only a tricky issue but, in some countries, almost a toxic issue. And also, the fact that, basically, its very easy to make the case that, if we rescue people at sea, that encourages more of them to leave from north africa and. And come to europe. Ward does that not strike you as incredibly cynical . Soda its. It is, its incredibly cynical. Thats exactly what it is. Ward so do you see this as a moral obligation . Soda yeah. Its a moral obligation, all right. Ward recent events have disproven the idea that deaths at sea act as a deterrent. There is a growing number of desperate people willing to do anything to get to europe, and smugglers finding new ways to ship them there. The case of the so called ghost ships is a perfect example. At the beginning of the year traffickers in turkey started taking large, old merchant ships that were ready to be scrapped and filling them with hundreds of syrians fleeing a bloodbath at home. The smugglers then pointed the ships toward italy and abandoned them. The journey lasted five long days. In one case, passengers were crammed into a boat designed to carry cattle. But the relative safety of those big ships was a huge draw. The turkish seaport of mersin began to fill up with thousands of syrians ready to make deals with the smugglers. We brought a hidden camera into the cafee where many of those first contacts are made. This table is where the smugglers are sitting together talking business. One of them had taken over this hotel to house all the syrians who had already paid him to get on a ghost ship. Out in the courtyard, a middleman explained how everything works to a member of our team who was posing as a refugee. Translator with me, it costs 5,500. Ward roughly 6,000 per person. Children under eight travel for free, he said. Translator its not dangerous. These are all large ships. You call the coast guard to say we are sinking, we are sinking, so they come to take you. Ward upstairs in one of the hotel rooms, we found ahmad zaid alabdu and his pregnant wife fatima waiting with their four young children. Look at what they packed for the journey to italy. Translator only these three bags. We had two big bags, but they said we are not allowed and that the bags will be thrown in the sea. Ward we brought the family to a safe house to hear their story. Ahmad told us the bombardment in their hometown of aleppo was so relentless that they stopped sending their children to school. So they sold their house to raise the 12,000 for the smugglers fee. Fatima i am afraid. I am afraid for my children, for my husband, but also for myself, that we will drown. Ward do you know how to swim . Fatima no. Ward how do you feel, as a father, to have to make this choice . Ahmad zaid alabdu i made this decision because its better than staying in my own country. There may be a chance of dying on the way, but in syria, death is guaranteed. People became like monsters. No one loves anyone anymore. People dont love each other at all. A brother doesnt even love his brother. Thats why i made this decision. And, god willing, it will be all right. Ward would you have taken the risk if you had to go on one of the small boats, or are you only doing this because it is a big boat . Alabdu no, i wouldnt have traveled because the small boats mean death. Ward but in the days after that interview, the turkish government cracked down on the ghost ships and the Syrian Refugees began flooding in another direction, this time to greece. Ahmed and his family had to take a gamble on a small boat after all. It was a rubber raft like this one, captured for us on a cell phone by another syrian refugee who made the same dangerous journey to a greek island. The Safety Measures are rudimentary. While some have life jackets others wear inner tubes. One man holds a childs pool float. When they finally reach the shore, you can see their relief. Not everyone is so lucky just days ago, this boat packed with syrian migrants broke up after hitting rocks off the coast of the greek island of rhodes. At least three were killed, one of them a small child. Ahmed and his family made the journey to greece at night. He captured the moments just after they were rescued. They had reached europe, but they too had paid a terrible price. Fatima had a miscarriage, yet another casualty that will never be recorded. Most of those who die at sea sink without a trace. Many of the bodies that are recovered are never identified. They are buried in small plots in anonymous graves. Clarissa ward talks about life on deck of a coast guard vessel with 300 rescued migrants. Go to 60minutesovertime. Com sponsored by i was a doer. Then the chronic, widespread pain slowed me down. My doctor and i agreed that moving more helps ease fibromyalgia pain. He also prescribed lyrica. For some patients, lyrica significantly relieves fibromyalgia pain and improves physical function. With less pain, i feel better. Lyrica may cause serious allergic reactions or suicidal thoughts or actions. Tell your doctor right away if you have these, new or worsening depression or unusual changes in mood or behavior. Or swelling, trouble breathing rash, hives, blisters, muscle pain with fever, tired feeling or blurry vision. 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Martin without most of us noticing, our everyday activities everything from getting cash at an atm to watching this program depend on satellites in space. And for the u. S. Military, its not just everyday activities the way it fights depends on space. Satellites are used to communicate with troops, gather intelligence, fly drones, and target weapons. But top military and Intelligence Leaders are now worried those satellites are vulnerable to attack. They say china, in particular, has been actively testing anti satellite weapons that could, in effect, knock out americas eyes and ears. No one wants a war in space, but its the job of a branch of the air force called Space Command to prepare for one. If youve never heard of Space Command, its because most of what it does happens hundreds, even thousands, of miles above the earth, or deep inside highly secure command centers. You may be as surprised as we were to find out how the high stakes game for control of space is played. The research being done at the Starfire Optical range in albuquerque, new mexico, was kept secret for many years and for a good reason, which only becomes apparent at night. First, the roof of one building is opened to the stars. Then the walls retract, and an object straight out of star wars appears shooting a laser into the sky. The lasers beam helps a high powered telescope focus in on objects in space so the air force can get a better look at the satellites of potential adversaries like china whizzing by at 17,000 Miles Per Hour. Its part of a complex, and mostly secret, battle for what the military considers the ultimate high