Web Clip - SAR Relaunch - MSF Nurse Aoife Testimony (ENG)

MSF announces the resumption of life-saving search and rescue operations in the Central Mediterranean, and condemns the criminal inaction of European governments. The return to sea comes after a sustained two-year campaign by EU governments to stop virtually all humanitarian action at sea, and the normalisation of vindictive policies that have caused deaths at sea and suffering in conflict ridden Libya.

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF279603

Date taken / Date Recorded 22/07/2019 12:00 AM

Country Mediterranean Sea

Commissioning section MSF-NORWAY

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available yes

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m10s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 151.33 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Aoife, MSF nurse, was on board of the Aquarius. She testifies of one specific rescue and explains the necessity of the relaunch of the SAR activities.

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(Text on screen)
Aoife Ní Mhurchú
Nurse

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I received a
call on the radio

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that they had a woman
who was unconscious

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and wasn't breathing.

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And then,
one by one

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call after call

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came for people who
needed resuscitation.

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It was total chaos

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and everybody on
the team had to

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drop what they
were doing

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and either pull
people out of the water

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or perform CPR.

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He’s moving.

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He got a pulse!

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That day,
we rescued

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66 men

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11 women

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and 22 children.

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And 36 people
are believed to have died.

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I know what
they are fleeing from.

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I have worked
in Libya.

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I have heard their
stories of slavery,

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of forced prostitution
and rape.

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I have treated their wounds

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from abuse and torture.

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I have seen the appalling
living conditions in Libya.

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And they cannot go back.

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They simply cannot go back

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to this highly
dangerous existence.

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European governments
have forced an end

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to most search and rescue
activities in the Mediterranean.

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A ruthless move

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that carries a
heavy human cost.

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And despite fewer crossings

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the chance of drowning
has only increased.

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People still choose to
risk death

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rather than to face

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the inhumane
conditions in Libya.

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Despite what we know

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about the
dangerous conditions there

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European governments
are still supporting

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a system that forces
people back to a country

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that is not safe for them.

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They are making it nearly
impossible to do

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search and rescue activities

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And some governments
are even

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criminalising our
life-saving work.

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In spite of the
political obstacles

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placed in our path

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MSF and our partner
SOS MEDITERRANEE

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are relaunching our
life-saving activities

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in the Mediterranean.

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Why are we there?

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Because we have to be.

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Because like in every
other place in the world

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where we work

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in places of conflict
and catastrophe

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we are saving lives.

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And every human life
is worth saving.

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During the first six months in 2019
over 8,437 people
have attempted to cross the Mediterranean.

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At least 426 have died.