Harrowing scenes and survivor testimonies from capsized migrant boat in the Mediterranean Sea

On August 5, a vessel carrying more than 700 migrants from North Africa to Europe capsized off the coast of Libya.

The Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) search-and-rescue vessel Dignity I was among the first ships to arrive at the scene. The video above, narrated by MSF project coordinator Juan Matias Gil, shows MSF teams at work upon arriving at the ship, and includes an interview with one couple who struggled to save their infant daughter from drowning before being rescued.

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