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Why is the EU building a wall across the Mediterranean sea?
In international waters between the African and European coasts, an almost daily battle occurs.
Ian Urbina explains how the European Union is trying to stem the flow of migrants by creating a shadow immigration system that captures migrants before they reach the high seas and sends them back to Libyan detention centers run by militia. This film, shot aboard a Médecins Sans Frontières ship, reports on the desperate race between humanitarian NGOs and the Libyan Coast Guard to reach the overflowing migrant ships in the Mediterranean. Whoever wins, determines the fate of the passengers within.
Duration: 15 min 20 sec
Country: Libya
Filmmakers: Ed Ou and Fabio Nascimento
TNL Editor: Bryan Chou (@thenewslensintl)
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