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00:00:02:00 00:00:02:50 Doubia Assane Mohamed
00:00:03:00 00:00:04:20 Diakite El Hadj
00:00:05:00 00:00:05:50 Nameless
00:00:06:00 00:00:06:70 Nameless
00:00:07:00 00:00:07:50 Youssef Abdu Laziz
00:00:08:00 00:00:08:50 Nameless
00:00:09:00 00:00:09:50 Sesay Mohammed
00:00:11:00 00:00:11:50 Nameless
00:00:12:00 00:00:12:50 Tamara Seydou
00:00:13:00 00:00:13:50 Nameless
00:00:14:00 00:00:14:50 Nameless
00:00:15:00 00:00:15:50 Jabate Kouloun
00:00:16:00 00:00:16:50 Condé Moussa
00:00:17:00 00:00:17:50 Doumbia Harouna
00:00:18:00 00:00:18:50 Nameless
00:00:19:00 00:00:19:50 Condé Amadou
00:00:20:00 00:00:20:50 Traore Fosseney
00:00:21:00 00:00:21:50 Traore Fosseney
00:00:22:00 00:00:22:50 Nameless
00:00:25:01 00:00:29:02 All of them drowned in the Mediterranean Sea
and buried in Pozzallo in Sicily.
00:00:30:01 00:00:35:02 POZZALLO PIRATS
00:00:54:16 00:00:56:15 I’m Akborem. I come from Eritrea.
00:00:57:08 00:00:59:00 I'm Daniel. I am from Ivory Coast.
00:00:59:19 00:01:01:05 I’m Yaqoob. I come from Aghanistan.
00:01:02:07 00:01:04:10 I am Muhammad Abuleila.
I am Palestinian.
00:01:05:15 00:01:07:10 My name is Manal Shahada.
00:01:07:21 00:01:08:12 I am Palestinian.
00:01:09:19 00:01:11:21 I'm Sultan Daabul.
00:01:17:06 00:01:19:20 I am Rik Merchie, I live in Ghent.
00:01:20:04 00:01:25:01 I was scrolling on Facebook
and suddenly I saw this blog.
00:01:26:11 00:01:30:12 A picture showing 18 coffins.
I realised this was Sicily
00:01:30:18 00:01:34:11 and that this doesn't affect
Northern-Europeans
00:01:34:22 00:01:36:20 because it doesn't
happen here.
00:01:37:03 00:01:40:09 So I thought: why not
make it happen here?
00:01:40:17 00:01:43:04 Why couldn't these coffins
land on our shore?
00:01:44:20 00:01:50:00 I didn't have to think twice.
I called Sterkneus,
00:01:50:09 00:01:55:08 a visual artist from Ghent with whom
I had previously collabortated.
00:01:55:17 00:02:00:10 I told him my idea in 5 sentences.
I'll never forget his reaction:
00:02:00:18 00:02:04:13 "It's a small bomb!
Count me in."
00:02:04:23 00:02:08:04 Sterkneus was on board,
so I couldn't go back.
00:02:14:13 00:02:19:04 It seemed very logic to me
to perform this guerrilla stunt
00:02:19:13 00:02:22:11 together with refugees.
00:02:22:18 00:02:26:07 We are independent.
Not commited to a political colour
00:02:26:16 00:02:31:09 nor to a religion or a lobby group.
We're just a bunch of pirates.
00:02:36:18 00:02:41:04 I was in Greece.
I stayed in Komonisia for 3 months.
00:02:41:14 00:02:43:07 I wanted to leave
but it was impossible.
00:02:43:16 00:02:46:10 A man approached me.
He could arrange a speedboat.
00:02:46:22 00:02:51:09 I negotiated with him.
He asked 4,000 euros.
00:02:51:20 00:02:55:07 The next day we left
by speedboat.
00:02:56:11 00:02:59:23 We received no
travel documents.
00:03:00:07 00:03:03:19 We had no other option
than to leave in this manner.
00:03:04:13 00:03:07:12 They sometimes call
it the dead trip.
00:03:07:21 00:03:09:11 That’s no exaggeration.
00:03:10:02 00:03:13:01 It is anything but a
easy journey.
00:03:13:13 00:03:17:05 If I had to choose again,
I wouldn’t do it.
00:03:17:21 00:03:21:00 We discussed it thoroughly,
and the majority was for departure.
00:03:21:11 00:03:23:03 Nevertheless, we had
many doubts.
00:03:24:15 00:03:27:18 It cost us $ 1000
per person.
00:03:28:24 00:03:34:21 They said, "You’ll stay here one month
in order to lose weight.
00:03:35:10 00:03:40:01 The more you weigh, the less
people we can put in the boat. "
00:03:40:17 00:03:43:00 We stayed there and
ate biscuits now and then.
00:03:43:21 00:03:47:08 That and a little water,
a whole month.
00:03:47:16 00:03:52:09 After that month, they came to
get us at 2 o’clock in the morning.
00:03:52:22 00:03:56:02 I don't know how much,
but I lost many pounds.
00:03:56:13 00:03:57:22 My face had changed completely.
00:03:58:10 00:04:00:18 I knew I couldn’t endure
much longer.
00:04:01:14 00:04:04:19 Then they drove us
to the coast.
00:04:43:19 00:04:47:22 You don't say farewell
to your home for no reason.
00:04:48:08 00:04:51:13 You don't venture
into danger voluntarily.
00:04:51:18 00:04:54:07 Circumstances force you.
00:04:56:02 00:05:02:19 After our arrival, they
gathered all migrants.
00:05:03:18 00:05:06:19 When we were on the beach
00:05:07:19 00:05:13:05 they made us run through the
sand for a quarter of an hour.
00:05:15:06 00:05:18:09 We were completely exhausted.
00:05:18:15 00:05:20:10 Those who stayed behind
got beated.
00:05:20:20 00:05:22:06 They had to run faster.
00:05:22:15 00:05:24:16 The smugglers were afraid
to be caught.
00:05:25:00 00:05:28:12 We were surprised to see
the boat was so far into the water.
00:05:28:18 00:05:32:04 It was way too small
for all of us to go on board.
00:05:33:03 00:05:37:14 Once you're there,
you can not go back.
00:05:38:21 00:05:41:08 The smugglers just leave
you behind.
00:05:41:21 00:05:44:15 Most likely you’ll
get arrested.
00:05:47:16 00:05:50:20 They treat you and
your family as hostages.
00:05:51:06 00:05:53:19 They have knives
and firearms.
00:05:54:03 00:05:56:20 It’s useless to resist them.
00:05:57:08 00:06:00:10 They can kill you
any time they want
00:06:00:19 00:06:02:10 or throw you overboard.
00:06:02:16 00:06:04:24 It is pure mafia.
00:06:05:11 00:06:10:02 If no one stops them,
they will keep doing their thing.
00:06:10:19 00:06:17:20 They are in Egypt.
They are in Greece and in Turkey.
00:06:18:08 00:06:21:04 The’re gaining territory each day.
00:06:21:13 00:06:23:21 Because of the chaos there,
they set eyes on Libya.
00:06:24:08 00:06:27:02 They wanted a grip on Egypt
and they got it.
00:06:27:14 00:06:29:06 Just like in Greece and Turkey.
00:06:29:16 00:06:31:16 In Turkey, they can do
whatever they want.
00:06:32:03 00:06:34:22 It is a global mafia.
00:06:36:13 00:06:40:03 The kids were tired.
They cried constantly.
00:06:40:14 00:06:43:18 Given the miserable conditions
00:06:44:09 00:06:46:09 they got really unwell.
00:06:46:19 00:06:49:16 Many children had to vomit.
00:06:50:08 00:06:53:23 Once on board
everyone was deathly pale.
00:06:54:18 00:06:57:06 Clearly, they were all
very afraid.
00:06:59:11 00:07:03:05 In Libya, they brought us
from the coast
00:07:03:22 00:07:07:06 to the ship
with small boats.
00:07:09:20 00:07:14:07 The smugglers said we
would be 450 passengers.
00:07:15:00 00:07:17:01 But we were
more than 500.
00:07:17:19 00:07:19:20 About 25 people
were sent away.
00:07:22:07 00:07:25:16 About 520 people,
including mothers with children,
00:07:25:24 00:07:28:10 got on board.
00:07:29:00 00:07:31:13 Then we sailed away.
00:07:48:24 00:07:54:07 I definitely didn't
want to focus
00:07:54:15 00:07:59:17 on all the reasons
why people leave their homes.
00:08:00:10 00:08:03:22 Our message is not:
"Open the door Europe!"
00:08:04:09 00:08:09:09 The message is: a lot of people on the
coasts of North-Africa
00:08:09:21 00:08:16:02 meet all the legal conditions to be
accepted here as refugees,
00:08:16:17 00:08:21:23 but have no safe access whatsoever
to the protection they should get.
00:08:21:23 00:08:24:19 They made us board at
4 o'clock in the morning.
00:08:25:03 00:08:29:11 In fact they
force you on board.
00:08:30:02 00:08:33:19 They kick you with
heavy army boots.
00:08:34:06 00:08:36:11 They hit you
and shout, "Get on board!"
00:08:37:00 00:08:41:07 And so they push 400 people
on a small boat.
00:08:41:18 00:08:44:00 It was rather a
raft than a boat.
00:08:44:14 00:08:48:01 There was room for 200
or 150 people.
00:08:48:10 00:08:51:08 But they squeezed
400 people onto it.
00:08:51:17 00:08:55:10 Before sailing off, the smugglers
raped a few women.
00:08:56:05 00:08:59:07 African women
were picked out.
00:08:59:17 00:09:02:14 After raping them they put
the women back on board.
00:09:10:02 00:09:14:20 The boat was barely
9 by 20 feet long.
00:09:15:13 00:09:18:11 They had promised
us a much larger boat.
00:09:19:01 00:09:22:24 But we were 280 passengers
on a boat for 50 people.
00:09:23:18 00:09:25:22 They pressed us
very close together,
00:09:26:05 00:09:28:15 with no space at all
between the passengers.
00:09:29:13 00:09:32:14 We were like glued together.
00:09:33:10 00:09:35:16 The children had sit on our lap.
00:09:36:15 00:09:41:23 The smugglers could't wait
to get us on board.
00:09:42:06 00:09:45:20 Children were separated
from their parents.
00:09:46:01 00:09:47:12 There was panic.
00:09:47:22 00:09:50:00 People shouted:
"Who’s children are these?"
00:09:50:10 00:09:53:17 Everyone was scared and
the children trembled with fear.
00:10:04:04 00:10:07:19 Not everybody could
find a place to sit.
00:10:08:11 00:10:09:24 Look how they stand there.
00:10:15:09 00:10:17:19 This is my daughter Alae ...
00:10:18:00 00:10:20:14 To our dismay
we noticed
00:10:21:00 00:10:24:03 that the person who
stood at the helm
00:10:24:16 00:10:27:05 knew nothing of the
use of GPS or compass.
00:10:27:16 00:10:30:06 He knew absolutely
nothing of navigation.
00:10:32:08 00:10:37:00 We had a Libyan navy captain.
00:10:37:12 00:10:40:22 He sailed to open sea.
00:10:41:11 00:10:43:06 He jumped into the water!
00:10:43:15 00:10:45:02 He gave the ship
to another captain.
00:10:47:12 00:10:50:14 After the initial shock
was over,
00:10:50:24 00:10:54:11 people regained confidence.
00:10:54:23 00:10:58:22 But when night fell
and the waves got higher,
00:10:59:22 00:11:02:24 the boat began to rock
from one side to another.
00:11:03:15 00:11:07:01 The boat did not slow down
and rocked even more.
00:11:07:12 00:11:09:14 People shouted:
"Stop! Stop! Easy! Easy!"
00:11:28:06 00:11:30:22 There was no toilet and
the filth came this high.
00:11:31:06 00:11:32:12 The water was filthy.
00:11:34:01 00:11:36:05 The situation was sickening.
00:11:36:12 00:11:39:16 If you hadn't died on land,
you would die at sea.
00:11:39:22 00:11:41:13 People wept.
00:11:41:22 00:11:45:01 Some had
a broken arm.
00:11:45:16 00:11:49:00 That was due to the violent
rocking of the boat.
00:11:49:08 00:11:52:07 I myself had bruised ribs.
00:11:52:19 00:11:57:10 Two men had
fallen on top of me.
00:11:57:23 00:12:01:07 There were pregnant women who
got a hemorrhage.
00:12:02:10 00:12:05:17 Whether the speedboat
was going very fast
00:12:06:03 00:12:08:17 or whether it
was only floating
00:12:09:00 00:12:10:23 it continuously rocked
to and fro.
00:12:11:10 00:12:13:19 It was enough
to frighten everybody.
00:12:14:00 00:12:17:09 Due to the high speed
it jumped up and down
00:12:17:19 00:12:20:11 and everybody’s head
was hitting the roof.
00:12:20:20 00:12:22:19 Some shouted
in pain.
00:12:23:04 00:12:24:23 The man who claimed
to be our captain
00:12:25:05 00:12:26:24 forbade us to cry.
00:12:27:08 00:12:29:02 But what else could we do?
00:12:38:02 00:12:40:21 After the sun had gone down,
problems really started.
00:12:41:07 00:12:43:07 The passengers argued
and turned to fighting.
00:12:43:15 00:12:46:21 Young and old people began to fight,
even those who slept.
00:12:47:07 00:12:50:07 Everybody was aggressive
due to the stress.
00:12:50:16 00:12:54:10 They gave us some juice
and a piece of cake.
00:12:54:22 00:12:59:02 But no one could swallow anything,
not even the children.
00:12:59:14 00:13:01:20 They were seasick.
00:13:04:00 00:13:05:06 Some children vomited.
00:13:05:14 00:13:07:10 Others wanted to vomit
but could not.
00:13:07:20 00:13:11:11 They were dizzy and
therefore could not eat.
00:13:11:23 00:13:14:04 There were no toilets.
00:13:15:16 00:13:18:04 People urinated during
their sleep.
00:13:18:17 00:13:19:23 My son also.
00:13:20:09 00:13:22:13 I tried to let him pee
from the edge of the boat.
00:13:22:23 00:13:25:05 But they cried, "Don’t!
That's way too dangerous."
00:13:25:16 00:13:26:21 "Put him down!
He's too small."
00:14:06:00 00:14:09:03 We were positively
surprised to see
00:14:09:14 00:14:12:22 how eager all of them were
to tell their story.
00:14:13:12 00:14:18:16 They would say: "Hey, there's
an Eritrean here in the centre
00:14:19:03 00:14:22:00 and another from Palestine.
They came by boat too.
00:14:22:09 00:14:26:00 If you're shocked by my story,
you should listen to theirs!"
00:14:26:09 00:14:31:13 On the third day we had nothing
left to eat or drink.
00:14:32:13 00:14:34:21 We drank water from a rusty tank.
00:14:35:12 00:14:37:17 We dipped our
clothes into it.
00:14:38:02 00:14:40:02 and sucked to get
some moisture.
00:14:40:15 00:14:43:24 Several people
including myself
00:14:44:10 00:14:46:06 got a stomach infection
because of this.
00:14:46:18 00:14:47:24 I’m still taking
medication.
00:14:48:08 00:14:50:07 We didn’t know
what was inside.
00:14:50:19 00:14:54:21 Was it diesel?
Was it something else?
00:14:55:09 00:14:59:10 It was certainly a
foul mixture.
00:15:02:05 00:15:05:01 During the crossing
I saw women
00:15:05:07 00:15:07:12 but also men who were
in complete shock.
00:15:07:23 00:15:12:09 People were trampled
because there was no place.
00:15:13:05 00:15:16:05 You could try to keep your legs
close to your body.
00:15:16:10 00:15:18:10 But you could not move,
so you got cramps.
00:15:18:20 00:15:21:06 People peed onto each other.
They shitted on each other.
00:15:21:11 00:15:23:18 But there was no choice.
We fled the war.
00:15:24:18 00:15:29:05 For the past year, we've been bombarded
with the First World War.
00:15:30:11 00:15:33:20 But what has the centenary
given to us?
00:15:34:21 00:15:37:14 Shouldn't it make us see
how close war is today?
00:15:38:00 00:15:42:02 Or make us think back to
all the Belgians who sailed off
00:15:42:19 00:15:46:00 to England when the Germans
attacked our country?
00:15:48:15 00:15:51:17 That fire ....
00:15:52:08 00:15:57:07 It started with people shouting
that water was getting in.
00:15:58:06 00:16:02:23 Another boat had seen us
but didn’t do anything.
00:16:03:16 00:16:06:14 The captain had a fire lit
to make a signal.
00:16:07:15 00:16:13:19 Things turned really bad.
The ship caught fire.
00:16:14:16 00:16:16:17 It began to sink.
00:16:17:06 00:16:18:13 There was panic
everywhere.
00:16:18:21 00:16:20:16 Those who could swim
jumped into the sea.
00:16:21:05 00:16:23:17 Those who could not swim ...
00:16:25:02 00:16:28:07 ...went down with the ship.
00:16:29:13 00:16:33:21 In the water people tried
to help each other.
00:16:34:06 00:16:40:10 In the turmoil, some pulled
each other down and drowned.
00:16:41:11 00:16:46:19 Dead bodies floated
around us.
00:16:47:22 00:16:49:19 I couldn’t do much.
00:16:50:19 00:16:53:19 I was afraid I
would not survive.
00:16:54:20 00:17:00:00 I felt completely
miserable.
00:17:04:06 00:17:06:00 As I lay there
in the water
00:17:06:16 00:17:12:01 I felt so desperate,
so utterly desperate.
00:17:13:11 00:17:16:16 You could not die
even if you wanted to.
00:17:17:06 00:17:20:11 I tried to drink seawater,
hoping it would kill me.
00:17:20:23 00:17:25:06 But it was too salty.
I could not swallow it.
00:17:25:24 00:17:29:01 So I kept swimming.
00:17:30:04 00:17:35:11 Eventually an Italian boat
caught sight of us.
00:17:36:07 00:17:40:16 It saved me and 46 others.
00:17:43:13 00:17:47:04 Good afternoon.
Coffins to start your day!
00:17:47:13 00:17:51:11 18 coffins appeared on the beach
of Ostend this morning.
00:17:51:24 00:17:56:23 The beach is littered with box-like shapes.
Do you know what they are?
00:17:57:10 00:17:59:12 Some rememberance
of 1914-1918?
00:17:59:23 00:18:03:13 Coffins.
People who've lost their lives.
00:18:03:18 00:18:05:06 It's a coffin.
00:18:05:24 00:18:06:21 That’s what it is.
00:18:07:08 00:18:09:07 And my daughter
is sitting on a coffin.
00:18:09:15 00:18:13:11 Maybe the Mu.ZEE art festival
by Jan Hoet?
00:18:14:03 00:18:19:21 A group of people who want to
draw attention towards others.
00:18:20:09 00:18:22:19 Touching and beautiful.
And shocking!
00:18:23:05 00:18:26:12 10 coffins to go.
We'll read all the names.
00:18:26:17 00:18:28:13 Take a nice picture.
00:18:29:01 00:18:30:20 It is a beautiful sight.
00:18:31:21 00:18:34:03 I love the sea.
I always come to Ostend.
00:18:34:11 00:18:37:03 You just knocked on one?
-Yes!
00:18:37:12 00:18:39:12 To check if anybody
was at home!
00:18:39:23 00:18:40:21 Flore Fosseney...
00:18:41:12 00:18:44:17 ... an English name?
00:18:45:05 00:18:46:02 ...Traore?
00:18:46:14 00:18:49:13 Something connected
to Lampedusa?
00:18:49:22 00:18:54:22 Indeed, the coffins refer to Lampedusa,
the Italian island where refugees
00:18:55:08 00:18:58:12 arrive every day, after having made
a safe passage.
00:18:59:01 00:19:05:12 There's no place like home.
Nobody leaves his country just like that.
00:19:06:01 00:19:10:05 Not to earn some more money.
That's never the reason.
00:19:10:16 00:19:11:18 Impressive!
00:19:12:11 00:19:15:07 Even more. It makes you silent.
-It does!
00:19:19:23 00:19:23:05 ... from Eritrea to Sicily,
over Sudan and Libya.
00:19:23:13 00:19:28:13 Their situation is so miserable that this
deadly journey becomes a valid option.
00:19:44:00 00:19:54:00 (song) Eyes beneath the water, hands can't hold the grip
00:19:55:02 00:19:56:13 At last we reached Italy.
00:19:57:06 00:20:00:08 The Italians who saved us,
00:20:00:19 00:20:03:08 Immediately offered us
medical assistance.
00:20:03:22 00:20:09:02 They took the dead and those
who were in shock.
00:20:11:80 00:20:23:00 (song) Everywhere horizon, bad idea of a trip
00:20:23:09 00:20:25:20 The rescue operation
went well.
00:20:26:01 00:20:30:15 I will never forget ...
00:20:35:12 00:20:37:07 ... how the rescuers behaved.
00:20:37:24 00:20:44:10 They treated our children
even better perhaps
00:20:45:06 00:20:49:05 than we have
done ourselves.
00:20:52:00 00:21:06:00 (song) This boat is going nowhere, captive of the waves
00:21:05:19 00:21:09:04 My ideal scenario to
solve this problem?
00:21:09:12 00:21:12:21 Rescue operations first!
A life is a life!
00:21:13:08 00:21:17:11 Make protection accessible for those
who meet the conditions.
00:21:18:15 00:21:21:24 And fight the smugglers!
I think I know a bunch of pirates
00:21:22:11 00:21:24:18 to give them a good beating!...
00:21:24:40 00:21:41:00 (song) All we do is waiting for a soul that saves
00:21:42:04 00:21:45:23 I want to thank everyone
who has come here
00:21:46:09 00:21:47:22 to pay tribute
00:21:48:05 00:21:51:17 to all those who have
crossed the sea
00:21:52:06 00:21:53:16 to reach Lampedusa.
00:21:54:01 00:21:55:14 I thank you very much
00:21:55:23 00:21:58:06 for what you have
done for us.
00:21:59:10 00:22:02:04 Now let us pay tribute
to those who didn’t make it.
00:22:03:23 00:22:05:17 One minute of silence.
00:22:10:12 00:22:15:06 Here we are, looking at you.
Looking at your coffin.
00:22:15:22 00:22:19:06 18 times your body.
18 spoiled lives.
00:22:19:13 00:22:22:08 You, who were
in search of happiness,
00:22:22:20 00:22:24:04 you end up
in this coffin.
00:22:24:13 00:22:29:15 Swallowed. Moments before you saw
the finish line and smelled the honey.
00:22:30:04 00:22:33:14 Happiness that was
not to be yours.
00:22:53:00 00:23:03:00 (song) The captain made us pay for a journey to our graves
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