Search and rescue boat plucks migrants from sea after packed boat capsizes in Mediterranean – exclusive video

Médecins Sans Frontières, Thursday 6 August 201, The Guardian (UK)

Footage given exclusively to the Guardian shows Médecins Sans Frontières’ (MSF) search and rescue boat Dignity I assist in a rescue operation after a boat capsized on Wednesday 5 August in the waters north of Libya. MSF say there could have been up to 700 people on board at the time of the incident. MSF’s two other search and rescue vessels – the MY Phoenix (in collaboration with the NGO MOAS) and the Bourbon Argos also moved to the zone of the shipwreck to offer assistance. MSF have confirmed that there are many confirmed deaths at the scene