'Ready for rescue': Saving refugee lives in the Mediterranean Sea

Journalist Lexie Harrison-Cripps recently boarded a Doctors Without Borders search and rescue ship along one of the world’s deadliest migration routes.

The remote location makes it virtually impossible to report on without an invitation from an NGO. As a result, every year thousands of people live - and die - in horrific conditions while governments go unchecked.

Written and read by Lexie Harrison-Cripps.