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Sea Rescue Captain - Carola Rackete

Will Carola Rackete's actions encourage more people smuggling and more suffering? Stephen Sackur interviews the captain who defied Italian authorities to rescue 50 migrants.

The number of migrants making the sea crossing from North Africa to southern Europe has fallen dramatically in the last two years; tragically, the number of deaths hasn’t declined as fast. Humanitarian activists blame the anti-migration policies of EU member states. Stephen Sackur speaks to Carola Rackete, who defied the Italian authorities to land the rescue-ship Sea Watch 3 in Sicily with 50 migrants on board. To some, she’s a humanitarian hero; but will her actions merely encourage more people smuggling and more suffering?

Image: Carola Rackete (Credit: Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters)

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