S2 E6: How We Rescued 560 People on the Mediterranean

"You’ve got to be in a really, really awful situation to think ‘yes, I’m going to put my nine-month old child onto this rubber boat, because that’s the best option to me at the moment’."

Last month, our host spent time on Aquarius, a search and rescue ship MSF operates alongside SOS Méditerranée.

During his time on the ship as a communications officer, Nick captured the sounds of life on board - including the rescue of 560 people from four inflatable rubber boats.

That rescue would also be the last of Dr Conor Kenny's three month assignment on Aquarius. Listen to the last episode for Conor's account of that assignment.

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