• GEO BARENTS: The MSF SAR teams are rescuing 99 people on a wooden boat in the Libya SAR zone. Women, men and children were on distress since hours as the boat was taking water and was overcrowded, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.

Sur le pont de lancement des bateaux de sauvetage du «Geo Barents», un jeune homme fond en larmes, sa tête entre ses mains. À coté de lui, Christine, psychologue MSF à bord du bateau «Geo Barents», tente de le réconforter «nous sommes là avec toi Mohammed, nous ne pouvons imaginer ta peine, mais nous serons là pour toi, pour t’aider, tu n’es pas seul». Mohammed est un jeune Guinéen. Il vient d’identifier son frère, mort lors de leur traversée de la Méditerranée quelques heures plus tôt.  Les deux frères ont risqué leur vie dans l’espoir d’un futur où la pauvreté, la violence et la torture ne serait «plus que» de mauvais souvenirs.

  • The MSF SAR team are doing the transfer from the RHIB to the Geo Barents. About 55 people were on a wooden boat in the mediterranean since last Sunday, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • Surivors on the deck of the Geo Barents are looking at the Italian shore and get excited to arrive on land soon, the 19th November 2021. The Geo Barents got the permission to disembark in Messina (Sicily) the 186 people that the MSF SAR team (Search and Rescue) have rescued in the Mediterranean this last week. The bodies of the 10 people who lost their lives at sea will also disembark and hopefully have a dignified burial.

Le nombre de morts dans la Méditerranée a déjà atteint plus de 1300 personnes en 2021. « Médecins Sans Frontières » à bord du bateau « Geo Barents » fait partie de ces organisations qui se battent pour sauver  des femmes, des enfants et des hommes qui tentent leur dernière chance vers un meilleur avenir. Tous n’avaient pas encore cette intention lors de leur arrivé en Libye. C’était pour y travailler. Mais la réalité leur ont fait prendre une autre alternative face à l’enfer de ce pays et ses centres de détentions. 

Le « Geo Barents » a débuté ses opérations de « Search and Rescue » (Recherche et Sauvetage) au mois de mai 2021 et a depuis lors porté secours à 1345 personnes (décembre 2021). Les membres de ces missions sont des femmes et des hommes passionnés et dédiés à répondre à une crise humanitaire sans précédent.

  • The GEO BARENT boat in the Mediterranean, the 11th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The SAR (Search and Rescue) team is getting ready for RHIB ( rigid-hull inflatable boat ) training in order to be ready for the rescues, the 11th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The deck managers of the SAR (Search and Rescue) team are observing the manoeuvers of the rest of their team on the RHIB ( rigid-hull inflatable boat ) during a training, the 11th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.

L’Europe, quant à elle, finance les gardes côtes libyens pour réduire les flux migratoires vers la Sicile et les territoires européens en sachant que les migrants, une fois arrêtés par ces mêmes gardes côtes, sont renvoyés vers des centres de détentions où ils subissent systématiquement violence, tortures et viols.  Ibrahim, Adara, Myriam, Moustafa et une centaine d’autres migrants sont arrivés en Italie vivants, ce qui n’a pas été le cas de 10 de leurs amis, frères ou neveux morts par suffocation dans le fond d’une barque qui  transportait 99 personnes au départ de la Libye.  « Quand nous avons récupéré les corps, on s’est rendu compte que ces personnes étaient très jeunes et qu’ils sont comme vous, comme moi, ils sont nous ! Mais avec plus de problèmes dans leur propre pays » témoigne Riccardo Gati, membre et leader de l’équipe de recherche et sauvetage de MSF sur le «Geo Barents».  

  • MSF team members are performing stretchers exercices on the deck of the Geo Barents before the SAR (Search and Rescue) missions starts in a couple of days, the 10th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The SAR (Search and Rescue) team is picking up life jackets in the sea during a RHIB ( rigid-hull inflatable boat ) training in order to be ready for the rescues, the 11th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The SAR (Search and Rescue) team is simulating a rescue of people over board with the centifloat during a RHIB ( rigid-hull inflatable boat ) training in order to be ready for the real rescues, the 12th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • MSF SAR team (Search and rescue) members are preparing monkey knots to be ready for the rescues, the 13th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.

En moins de 24 heures, les 15 et 16 novembre 2021, l’équipe MSF a effectué trois sauvetages dans les zones de recherche et de sauvetage de Malte et de la Libye. Cent quatre-vingts-six  personnes ont été amenées en sécurité à bord du «Geo Barents». Parmi les survivants, 152 hommes et 34 femmes, dont 61 mineurs ; le plus jeune n’avait que 10 mois.  

The MSF team on the Geo Barents with the help of the Sea Bird spotted a wooden boat in the sea close to Malta, the 15th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.

« Les secourir, c’est leur donner la chance d’avoir une autre vie, mais on sait qu’ils affronteront d’autres frontières, ce sont peut être des frontières (inter)nationales, des frontières physiques, des frontières sanitaires,…Ce n’est que le début de leur parcours» raconte Fulvia, membre de l’équipe MSF de recherche et sauvetage . Malgré les difficultés, les membres de l’équipe MSF, l’équipage maritime ainsi que que les rescapés ne faisaient plus qu’une seule équipe pour faire du «Geo Barents» un endroit sécurisé et solidaire. « Sur le navire, tout le monde se fait confiance, il y a toujours cette volonté d’être ensemble et de se sentir en sécurité. C’est quelque chose de très spécial, propre au monde humanitaire en mer » confie Yanna, technicienne SAR MSF. 

  • The MSF SAR teams are rescuing 25 people on a wooden boat in the waters close to Malta. Women, men and three children from Tunisia were on that boat for 2 days, the 15th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The MSF SAR teams are rescuing 25 people on a wooden boat in the waters close to Malta. Women, men and three children from Tunisia were on that boat for 2 days, the 15th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The MSF team on board of the Geo Barents are welcoming and cheering 25 people rescued and who were on distress on a wooden boat in the waters close to Malta. Women, men and three children from Tunisia were feeling sick, hungry and thirsty after two long days at sea, the 15th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.

Ce reportage raconte, à travers des témoignages, la traversée des rescapés de la Libye en Méditerranée, mais également, comment, en quelques jours, près de 200 personnes ne forment plus qu’une équipe solidaire pour se sentir en sécurité et se soutenir au milieu d’une des pires crises humanitaires de notre siècle.  (Voir autres séries à ce sujet de Virginie Nguyen Hoang).

  • The MSF SAR teams are rescuing about 55 people on a wooden boat in the mediterranean. Women, men and children were on that boat since Sunday, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The MSF SAR team are doing the transfer from a wooden boat to their RHIB. About 55 people were on a wooden boat in the mediterranean since last Sunday, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • People that have just been rescued by the MSF SAR teams. They were on a wooden boat in the mediterranean since Sunday, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The MSF SAR team are doing the transfer from the RHIB to the Geo Barents. About 55 people were on a wooden boat in the mediterranean since last Sunday, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.

Les secourir, c’est leur donner la chance d’avoir une autre vie, mais on sait qu’ils affronteront d’autres frontières...

  • The MSF SAR teams are rescuing 99 people on a wooden boat in the Libya SAR zone. Women, men and children were on distress since hours as the boat was taking water and was overcrowded, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • The MSF SAR team are doing the transfer from a wooden boat to their RHIB. About 99 people were on a wooden boat in the Libyan SAR zone and on distress as the boat was taking water and overcrowded, At the end of the rescue, 10 lifeless bodies were discovered in the bottom of the boat. These people, including 5 minors, died of suffocation hours before the rescue, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • MSF Search and Rescue (SAR) teams recovered the lifeless bodies of 10 people after rescuing 99 other people from a distressed wooden boat in the SAR zone of Libya. Throughout the rescue and operation, the Libyan Coast Guard watched and waited to be able to retrieve the wooden boat on November 16, 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
  • After rescuing 99 people on a wooden boat in distress in the Libya SAR zone, the MSF SAR zone discovered 10 dead bodies in the depht of the boat. They brought it back on the Geo Barents in order to be identified and place in the morgue of the Geo Barents, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.
After rescuing 99 people on a wooden boat in distress in the Libya SAR zone, the MSF SAR zone discovered 10 dead bodies in the depth of the boat, the 16th November 2021. In May 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has relaunched its search and rescue (SAR) activities in the central Mediterranean Sea to save the lives of refugees and migrants attempting the deadly sea crossing from Libya. For this purpose, they are using their own chartered ship, the Geo Barents.