LINKTV European Journal June 19, 2014
It is summer in europe. The weather is mild, and that means several boats set sail every day from libya in Northern Africa carrying hundreds of refugees. They are headed for europe in what are often hopelessly overcrowded vessels not fit for see. Last year, one such vote sank off the italian island of lampedusa, and hundreds were killed one such boat sank. To prevent the tragedy from happening again, italian authorities have launched a mission where several Italian Navy Ships patrolled the Mediterranean Sea to assist refugee boats i in distress in distress. Our reporter got a look at one of th...