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Jul 2022
17m 41s

'Ready for rescue': Saving refugee lives...

Al Jazeera
About this episode

Journalist Lexie Harrison-Cripps recently boarded a Doctors Without Borders search and rescue ship along one of the world’s deadliest migration routes. 

The remote location makes it virtually impossible to report on without an invitation from an NGO. As a result, every year thousands of people live - and die - in horrific conditions while governments  go unchecked.

Written and read by Lexie Harrison-Cripps.

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