00:00The Mediterranean Sea is a boundary dividing many different ways of life.
00:04There's Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
00:07These people just sailed from Libya to Italy on a crowded boat.
00:11Nearly 1,000 people died this week trying to make this journey.
00:14If you were looking for a better life, away from the civil war in Syria,
00:19Libya's collapsed government, forced military service in Eritrea,
00:23or the continued drought in Somalia, here are the ways you would take on land.
00:27Risking your life and spending your savings to be trafficked across borders.
00:32These days, most Africans seeking refuge in Italy choose to sail to Lampedusa.
00:37It's a tiny island less than 100 miles from the Libyan shore.
00:41Problem is, they pay smugglers upwards of 1,000 euro to stuff them on rickety boats.
00:47Many of these vessels have capsized.
00:49Even making it to Lampedusa doesn't necessarily mean safe refuge in Italy.
00:54In the past 20 years, an estimated 20,000 people have died seeking refuge.
01:01It's not hard to understand why so many people, many pregnant women among them,
01:05are making this desperate journey.
01:07Even though the EU is making plans to help, improving lives around the Mediterranean is not simple.
01:13If you don't pay for life, the media should be.
01:14To be the next party, often the crippling world is 1-0.
