A B.C. woman is a veteran search and rescue worker. But a recent mission in the central Mediterranean Sea was one of her most intense.
The boats are not sturdy enough for the central Mediterranean Sea, making the journey extremely dangerous, said Butterly.
Vincent Cochetel, special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said "no one should have to risk their life on those dangerous journeys."Cochetel said people need a reason to stay, which is why efforts must be made to ensure everyone has access to education, work and safety in their home countries.Cochetel also said refugees who fled by boat, as well as other members of their diasporas living around the world, need to warn others of the true risk.
Kharsa, who now resides in Finland, spoke to CBC Radio through a translator, her nephew, Ali Kharsa, who lives in Montreal. "They adopt risk mitigation strategies and they think they're going to be lucky that they are choosing the safe smuggler, the safe road, and that nothing bad will happen to them."Sheasgreen said she felt the pull to help refugees overseas after spending a decade volunteering with search and rescue teams in B.C.
In high school, two separate boating accidents killed a handful of her classmates, a memory that still resonates with her 25 years later.
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