ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 4月22日 02時48分

photo by @lynseyaddario | words by @neilshea13 — A lifeboat, a lifejacket, a lifeline—here are scenes from the middle passage, in which African migrants, after crossing the brutal Sahara and surviving the chaos of Libya, attempt to reach Europe and start anew. In this case, and most others, there is little chance of their navigating the Mediterranean alone. After all, the boats they have paid for, with money sewn into coat-linings or hidden in little beaded purses, are hardly more than toys, thin-skinned and pushed by slurring motors. They were never built to outlast waters that nearly drowned the apostle Paul, and the hero Odysseus. Migrants know this. The Libyan smugglers who take their money and launch them into the waves know it, too. But it’s big business, supply for demand. Every African who comes by this way has heard of the storms, the leaks, the killing thirst. Bodies blown onto the beaches or nibbled to nothing by fish. Still, they come. For if migration is a business it’s the business of hope, and in both there is risk. Any passenger aboard the fleet of rafts now aiming for Italy will tell you—Yes, it’s worthwhile. If the passenger has made it this far, consider that his journey was, at least, long and full of trouble. Consider that few people leave home for such adventures unless they feel hope dying. And yet, Europe does not seem to understand it. How this man, photographed at the moment of rescue, would probably endure everything again. For a long time he has been dreaming. Thousands more like him are gathering along the shore.
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This is the first post in a six-part Instagram series on African migration toward Europe. In June 2015, writer Neil Shea and photographer Lynsey Addario joined the Belgian naval ship Godetia as it patrolled the Mediterranean, rescuing migrants who’d begun the dangerous crossing. Join us @neilshea13 and @lynseyaddario as we share stories from our coverage of this journey.
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