ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 4月23日 01時10分

photo by @lynseyaddario | words by @neilshea13 — The first rescue comes just before noon. Ninety-five men from the Gambia, Senegal, Guinea, Nigeria, and Cameroon. West Africa, a world away below the desert. The men climb barefooted and unsteady onto the naval ship Godetia, carrying little, their arms faces flecked with grains of Libyan sand. On deck, they are greeted by Belgian sailors who are dressed like doctors responding to an outbreak, wearing suits of plastic, latex gloves, face masks, shoe covers and safety glasses. Perhaps it is strange to be so received, as though you are infected, but the Africans don’t seem to care and the Belgians, beneath their masks, smile and offer welcome. The men are made to stand in tubs of disinfectant. They are given plastic bracelets and ID numbers. They are photographed, questioned, told to empty their pockets. Nothing much turns out but toothbrushes, sodden paper, a few cellphones. More sand. They have come with nothing, expecting everything. An African asks, Is there wifi on this ship? A Belgian laughs and says No. Isn’t food and water enough? Both men are disappointed. In the afternoon, more rescues. Eritreans, Nigerians, Ghanaians. Women and children, Christians and Muslims. By dinnertime, some 400 people have boarded the Godetia and hundreds more have been pulled from the water by other ships. At dusk, the travelers settle onto the crowded deck where they will sleep beneath the stars. They whisper and stare out to sea and fall into each other’s arms, exhausted. A young man suddenly stands, reaches into his underwear, and pulls out a SIM card. He holds it up, like a question. On it are the numbers of his parents, his brothers and sisters, but he has no phone. No way to tell them he is alive.
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This is the second in a six-part Instagram series on African migration toward Europe. Last June, @neilshea13 and @lynseyaddario sailed with the Belgian navy as it patrolled the Mediterranean, rescuing travelers who’d begun the crossing.
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