The Fifth Estate

Saved at Sea (42x3)

Air date: Oct 28, 2016

In recent months, tens of thousands of desperate souls have been saved from certain death in the frigid waters of the Mediterranean. Recently, the crew of the Red Cross MOAS Responder agreed to let The Fifth Estate come onboard to join in one of their rescue missions. As our cameras rolled, on a single day, hundreds of migrants were plucked from listing wooden boats and rubber dinghies. The CBC's Nahlah Ayed chronicles the huge international effort to save migrants who seek a better life in Europe but often risk death getting there.