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Distro - Desperate Crossings 

Paolo Pellegrin 

In late July 2015 Paolo Pellegrin boarded an MSF (Doctors Without Borders) ship tasked with intercepting migrant-packed vessels originating from Libya, bound for Europe. Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by this ship, the Bourbon Argos, were offloaded and then transported to Reggio Calabria, Italy. The Bourbon Argos was patrolling the waters off of Libya when it encountered two wooden boats carrying a total of nearly 700 migrants, according to MSF. The migrants reported that a third boat left Libya with them, but it could not be located by MSF. It was reported to have been rescued the... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

MEDITERRANEAN SEA. The sea at night near the Libyan coast. 2015.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

MEDITERRANEAN SEA. The sea at night near the Libyan coast. 2015.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants are seen in their boat as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Mediterranean Sea. 2015. Eritrean migrants are seen in their... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants are seen in their boat as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants are seen in their boat as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants are seen in their boat as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants are seen in their boat as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

MEDITERRANEAN SEA. The wooden boats are seen after the evacuation... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

An injured man is about to be placed on a stretcher and brought... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

African migrants are seen in their dinghy as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

African migrants are seen in their dinghy as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, rescued at sea by a M.decins Sans Fronti.res... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

African migrants are transferred at sea to an Italian coastguard... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants, who were rescued at sea by a ship hired by... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

Eritrean migrants are seen in their boat as they are about to... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

MEDITERRANEAN SEA. The sea at night near the Libyan coast. 2015.... 

Paolo Pellegrin 2015

MEDITERRANEAN SEA. The sea at night near the Libyan coast. 2015.... 
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