Refugee crisis: rescued at sea, searching for a safe haven

By Ruth Pollard
Updated September 1 2015 - 6:08am, first published 5:33am
Haidar 41 (left) from Baghdad in Iraq holding his son Mohamed, three (2nd from left) with Nasma 25 (right) Libyan of Bangladeshi descent with her husband as they wait to be rescued from their wooden boat by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station crew supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres last Wednesday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Haidar 41 (left) from Baghdad in Iraq holding his son Mohamed, three (2nd from left) with Nasma 25 (right) Libyan of Bangladeshi descent with her husband as they wait to be rescued from their wooden boat by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station crew supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres last Wednesday. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Alex, 21, from Kumasi in Ghana on board the MY Phoenix.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Alex, 21, from Kumasi in Ghana on board the MY Phoenix. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Ahmed, 28, (second from left) from Pakistan, on the MY Phoenix heading to Italy. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Ahmed, 28, (second from left) from Pakistan, on the MY Phoenix heading to Italy. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Rafaa, 34, (front, third from right) from Benghazi in Libya sits on the upper deck of the MY Phoenix heading for Italy with more than 400 others rescued at sea.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Rafaa, 34, (front, third from right) from Benghazi in Libya sits on the upper deck of the MY Phoenix heading for Italy with more than 400 others rescued at sea. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Mohamed, 33, a driver from Syria, on the deck of the MY Phoenix. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Mohamed, 33, a driver from Syria, on the deck of the MY Phoenix. Photo: Kate Geraghty
Philip, 27, from Nigeria, on board the MY Phoenix headed for Italy.  Photo: Kate Geraghty
Philip, 27, from Nigeria, on board the MY Phoenix headed for Italy. Photo: Kate Geraghty

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