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Rescued! From shipwreck to safety

A survivor of a shipwreck in the Mediterranean receives medical attention from a Red Cross volunteer in the Sicilian port of Catania. Åsa Sjöström/IRIN
A survivor of the shipwreck receives medical attention from a Red Cross volunteer.
    CATANIA
    Horrifying footage emerged on Tuesday showing dozens of migrants desperately trying to escape their deflating dingy and climb aboard a cargo ship that had come to their rescue, just south of Sicily.

    Up to 40 people are thought to have died in the incident, while 194 were rescued and brought to the Sicilian port of Catania.

    In this photo essay, IRIN documents their arrival and speaks to some of the survivors.

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