The BBC journalist’s account of the ordinary Italian who rescued drowning migrants illuminates the failings of Europe’s governmentsEmma Jane Kirby’s is a familiar BBC voice,delivering news reports from the world’s hotspots. Her dispatches for Radio 4s PM programme from the frontline of the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean won her plaudits and an international prize.
They stood out because they managed to distil the many aspects of this humanitarian disaster, from the tragedy of the thousands who occupy drowned making the crossing from Libya to Italy, and to the distinct lack of welcome many in Europe offered to those who execute earn it. She achieved this by focusing on the case of Carmine Menna,the local optician on the Italian island of Lampedusa, just 70 miles from the north Africa coast, or one of the main entry points for migrants.
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Source: theguardian.com