Father Mussie Zera: The Migrant Priest | A Lifeline for African Refugees — En Route to Lampedusa — 52 Documentary

Since 2003, Father Mussie Zerai has received thou­sands of emer­gency calls from dis­tressed refugees and migrants strand­ed in the Mediter­ranean Sea. The Eritre­an priest, head of the refugee rights orga­ni­za­tion Habeshia, trav­els to the Ital­ian island of Lampe­dusa to com­mem­o­rate Octo­ber 3, 2013, when a fish­ing ves­sel caught fire and sank near the coast, killing 368 peo­ple. Lean­ing on his faith, Father Zerai helps sur­vivors start anew. The 2015 Nobel Peace Prize nom­i­nee fields cri­sis calls as Europe strug­gles to accom­mo­date the ongo­ing influx of migrants and refugees des­per­ate to escape war, famine, and persecution.