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title: "Horror on the high seas: New documentary reveals the risks faced by African migrants fleeing to Europe"
description: "This documentary from The Outlaw Ocean Project reveals what it’s like to spend five weeks at sea, on a Doctors Without Borders ship, trying to rescue migrants fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, just outside Libya’s deadly waters."
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# Horror on the high seas: New documentary reveals the risks faced by African migrants fleeing to Europe

> This documentary from The Outlaw Ocean Project reveals what it’s like to spend five weeks at sea, on a Doctors Without Borders ship, trying to rescue migrants fleeing across the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, just outside Libya’s deadly waters.

By The Outlaw Ocean Project · Published 16 December 2021, 01:17 SAST

## Content

The film captures multiple rescues and the violent threats made by the Libyan Coast Guard. There is unique footage shot by the new IAI Heron drone the EU is operating over the Mediterranean, and we witness the chaos and tension aboard the packed vessel as it battles to find a friendly port willing to take the migrants. This year has seen much criticism directed at Libya for the brutal way in which it is handling the migrant crisis.

[YouTube video: "YouTube video"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4leE82fPvE)

Director and Cinematographer: **Ed Ou**

Editor: **Will N Miller**

Executive Producers: **Ian Urbina/Raphaela Morais/The Outlaw Ocean Project**

Music: **William Fritch, The Outlaw Ocean Music Project, Soundstripe**

Footage also provided by: **Médecins Sans Frontières**

Video by **The Outlaw Ocean Project**. Partially funded by the **Pulitzer Center**.