Night rescue in the Mediterranean

A team from the rescue vessel Aquarius proceeds with the rescue of a wooden boat in distress spotted adrift in the Mediterranean sea, on March 3, 2017. Fleeing from wars, conflicts, famine, humanitarian crisis and economical distress in their own countries, and escaping the horror and the abuses reported in Libya, since early 2015 hundreds of thousands of migrants attempted to reach Europe by any possible mean. Tragedy after tragedy, many died trying to cross the Mediterranean, and numerous refugee camps arose again in the heart of Europe. It is the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.