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[Watch] “Everyday we hear the sound of guns”

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11.8.2025
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In this video, some of the 116 people rescued by the OceanViking in March 2021 recount their experiences during their migration journeys: from fleeing their homes to the horrors of detention in Libya, to crossing the central Mediterranean.

 

Photography/Editing/Interview: Anthony Jean / Laurence Bondard / SOS MEDITERRANEE

Latest testimonies

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Julia Leithauser / SOS MEDITERRANEE

Yes

 Yes, 18, told us that in El-Fasher, Sudan, “there is no way out, and there is no way for food to get in. People…children…die so hungry. Killing is a normal thing there.”

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Francesca Volpi/SOS MEDITERRANEE

Nirvan

For *Nirvan from Nepal, being rescued marked the end of a staggering 14-month journey across six countries, and the first moment he felt his life was no longer in danger.