Photographer: Selene Magnolia

Open Call: The Guardian Project

Central Mediterranean Sea, February 2021. People in distress at sea, attempting to cross the Mediterranean sea from Libya on a wooden boat. The survivors were rescued in a dramatic operation by the crew of the civil rescue ship Sea-Watch 3. 15 people died on the same day in a shipwreck off the Libyan coast, and 100 people were pushed back to detention in Libya. In Europe, lack of safe corridors and official rescue structures have killed since 1993 over 40.555 people. The Mediterranean sea is today the deadliest border to Europe. 632 people have died while trying to cross the sea only in 2021.

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