Hidden Humanitarian Emergency: A Search and Rescue on the World’s Most Dangerous Border

Crew members on the humanitarian ship Sea Eye 4 give an on-the-ground account of rescuing 114 migrants on the European border, and their detainment by Italian authorities.

From the Sea Eye 4, looking for people in distress in the Mediterranean. (Photo credit: Martina Morini)

On August 21, I received an email from writer and researcher Nathan Akehurst, who told me he was on a search and rescue boat in the central Mediterranean, which has become the world’s most dangerous border. You might remember Nathan; he appeared on a B…