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Death by Rescue: The Lethal Effects of Non-Assistance at Sea

Death by Rescue: The Lethal Effects of Non-Assistance at Sea Online

  • Genres: Documentary
  • Release Date: 18/04/2016
  • Duration : 15 minutes
  • Director: Forensic Oceanography
  • Production: Forensic Architecture
  • Country: United Kingdom

Overview:

In April 2015, two shipwrecks in the central Mediterranean resulted in over a thousand deaths. The first, on 12 April, occurred when an overcrowded boat was approached by a large commercial vessel. Less than a week later, on 18 April 2015, a similar incident led to over eight hundred deaths after an overcrowded vessel collided with a cargo ship that had approached to rescue its passengers. Both incidents are in part the result of changing EU policies toward at-sea rescue, particularly the retreat of state rescue operations and a resulting onus on commercial vessels to fill the ‘rescue gap’.

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