In March, DW accompanied a migrant rescue mission and found out what makes the crossings so dangerous.
- Clare Roth
- Deutsche Welle
On a bright sunny day in March, the search-and-rescue vessel Life Support set off on a 30-hour journey from the Sicilian port of Catania to Malta’s search-and-rescue zone.
The boat is run by the Milan-based humanitarian organization Emergency.
Sailing down, crew members ran drills — what to do, for example, if a migrant boat capsized and…