Migrant rescue call in the Med: '30 minutes to survive'

Name: Migrant rescue call in the Med: '30 minutes to survive'
Uploaded: 2016-07-20T06:28:27.000Z
Duration: 2 min 55 s
Description: Italy's Coast Guard handles dozens of distress calls from migrants every day - in this case from 100 migrants who say they are at imminent risk of drowning.

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Almost 80,000 migrants have made the crossing to Europe this year from North Africa on rickety vessels.

Italy's Coast Guard handles dozens of rescues a day in the Mediterranean. In this distress call, 100 migrants plead for help in saving their lives.

Video produced by the BBC's Rome bureau.

Europe

20 July 2016