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One Night at Sea<\/h1>\n

A Spanish fisherman made a valiant decision, saving a dozen lives on the Mediterranean.<\/span><\/p>\n

By Zahra Mackaoui
3 October 2019<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 UNHCR\/Pablo Villagran<\/p>\n

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One Night at Sea<\/h1>\n

A Spanish fisherman made a valiant decision, saving a dozen lives on the Mediterranean.<\/p>\n

By Zahra Mackaoui
3 October 2019<\/p>\n

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THE DECISION<\/h2>\n

Destiny came calling for Pascual Dur\u00e1 one night on his fishing boat 90 nautical miles off the coast of Libya. It came in the form of a life-or-death choice. That was when he discovered he had a compassionate heart \u2013 just like his father before him.<\/p>\n

It was 22 November 2018, and Pascual was on the deck of the Nuestra Madre Loreto, a Spanish fishing vessel. As captain, he was keeping watch just outside Libyan waters. At 8:35 p.m. he saw lights on the water. Drawing closer, he saw a Libyan coast guard vessel intercepting a rubber Zodiac dinghy packed with people.<\/p>\n

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Pascual Dur\u00e1, captain of the Nuestra Madre Loreto.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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When the passengers saw the coast guard, some plunged overboard because they feared being returned to detention in Libya more than they feared the open sea at night.<\/p>\n

Pascual could have turned away and carried on fishing. Few would have known. Instead, he cut the engine and threw life jackets and ropes into the water. Amid the darkness and confusion, 12 people clambered aboard, their lives saved.<\/p>\n

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Pascual Dur\u00e1, captain of the Nuestra Madre Loreto.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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Pascual Dur\u00e1, captain of the Nuestra Madre Loreto.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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THE DECISION<\/h2>\n

Destiny came calling for Pascual Dur\u00e1 one night on his fishing boat 90 nautical miles off the coast of Libya. It came in the form of a life-or-death choice. That was when he discovered he had a compassionate heart \u2013 just like his father before him.<\/p>\n

It was 22 November 2018, and Pascual was on the deck of the Nuestra Madre Loreto, a Spanish fishing vessel. As captain, he was keeping watch just outside Libyan waters. At 8:35 p.m. he saw lights on the water. Drawing closer, he saw a Libyan coast guard vessel intercepting a rubber Zodiac dinghy packed with people.<\/p>\n

When the passengers saw the coast guard, some plunged overboard because they feared being returned to detention in Libya more than they feared the open sea at night.<\/p>\n

Pascual could have turned away and carried on fishing. Few would have known. Instead, he cut the engine and threw life jackets and ropes into the water. Amid the darkness and confusion, 12 people clambered aboard, their lives saved.<\/p>\n

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THE RESCUE<\/h2>\n

One of them was Frank, a Nigerian man who did not know how to swim.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would be dead \u2026 if they had not attended to me that night,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Frank, a Nigerian, rescued by the Nuestra Madre Loreto.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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Frank, a Nigerian, rescued by the Nuestra Madre Loreto.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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THE RESCUE<\/h2>\n

One of them was Frank, a Nigerian man who did not know how to swim.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI would be dead \u2026 if they had not attended to me that night,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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EUROPE\u2019S REFUGEES<\/h2>\n

The last few years have seen many tragedies on the Mediterranean, and also many acts of heroism. But as governments have tightened rules on private and charity vessels, rescues like the one Pascual performed are becoming less common.<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 people have died or gone missing this year on the Mediterranean, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.<\/p>\n

NGO search-and-rescue vessels have faced increasing legal and logistical restrictions on their activities. At different times in the last year, these have led to no NGO boats being at sea available to rescue people in distress.<\/p>\n

Find out more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Aid workers shuttle a group of asylum-seekers to the Phoenix rescue boat on 24 November, 2016. The Phoenix, belonging to humanitarian group Migrant Offshore Aid Station, intercepted the inflatable carrying 146 refugees and migrants who had travelled from West Africa to Libya, and attempted to reach Europe.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Giuseppe Carotenuto<\/p>\n

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Aid workers shuttle a group of asylum-seekers to the Phoenix rescue boat on 24 November, 2016. The Phoenix, belonging to humanitarian group Migrant Offshore Aid Station, intercepted the inflatable carrying 146 refugees and migrants who had travelled from West Africa to Libya, and attempted to reach Europe.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Giuseppe Carotenuto<\/p>\n

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EUROPE\u2019S REFUGEES<\/h2>\n

The last few years have seen many tragedies on the Mediterranean, and also many acts of heroism. But as governments have tightened rules on private and charity vessels, rescues like the one Pascual performed are becoming less common.<\/p>\n

More than 1,000 people have died or gone missing this year on the Mediterranean, according to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.<\/p>\n

NGO search-and-rescue vessels have faced increasing legal and logistical restrictions on their activities. At different times in the last year, these have led to no NGO boats being at sea available to rescue people in distress.<\/p>\n

Find out more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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THE FATHER\u2019S STORY<\/h2>\n

Valor runs in the Dura family. In 2006 Pascual\u2019s father, Pepe Dur\u00e1, rescued 51 people off the coast of Malta in 2006, an act commemorated by a small plaque at the entrance to the port in the Spanish town of Santa Pola, where the Dur\u00e1 family live.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFishermen are always the gentlemen of the sea,\u201d the plaque reads in part.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Pascual Dur\u00e1 works on board the Nuestra Madre Loreto in the port of Santa Pola near Alicante, Spain.
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As a child, Pascual spent many days and nights aboard the 25-metre-long Nuestra Madre Loreto. He was 16 when his father\u2019s rescue took place. He remembers media coverage during the eight days the boat was stuck at sea, prevented from disembarking.<\/p>\n

When the crew were eventually allowed to dock in Spain with the rescued passengers, they were hailed as local heroes and awarded prizes for their courage. By the end of 2007, Dur\u00e1 family boats had carried out two more rescues at sea, bringing the total of people saved to almost 100.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe set an example \u2026 but it is also the natural thing to do,\u201d says Pascual from his home in Santa Pola. \u201cThat is what it means to be a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Pascual Dur\u00e1 works on board the Nuestra Madre Loreto in the port of Santa Pola near Alicante, Spain.
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Pascual Dur\u00e1 works on board the Nuestra Madre Loreto in the port of Santa Pola near Alicante, Spain. \u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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THE FATHER\u2019S STORY<\/h2>\n

Valor runs in the Dura family. Pascual\u2019s father, Pepe Dur\u00e1, rescued 51 people off the coast of Malta in 2006, an act commemorated by a small plaque at the entrance to the port in the Spanish town of Santa Pola, where the Dur\u00e1 family live.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFishermen are always the gentlemen of the sea,\u201d the plaque reads in part.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As a child, Pascual spent many days and nights aboard the 25-metre-long Nuestra Madre Loreto. He was 16 when his father\u2019s rescue took place. He remembers media coverage during the eight days the boat was stuck at sea, prevented from disembarking.<\/p>\n

When the crew were eventually allowed to dock in Spain with the rescued passengers, they were hailed as local heroes and awarded prizes for their courage. By the end of 2007, Dur\u00e1 family boats had carried out two more rescues at sea, bringing the total of people saved to almost 100.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe set an example \u2026 but it is also the natural thing to do,\u201d says Pascual from his home in Santa Pola. \u201cThat is what it means to be a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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THE ORDEAL<\/h2>\n

Until that night last November, Pascual had assumed his family\u2019s story of rescuing refugees and migrants was finished. Once the survivors were on board, he also thought that their ordeal was over. Instead, he faced a new ordeal.<\/p>\n

Italy, Malta and Spain initially declined permission for the vessel to disembark its passengers. For 10 days, the Nuestra Madre Loreto was stuck out at sea. With food and fuel running low, and with twice as many people crammed on deck as normal, conditions quickly grew dire.<\/p>\n

Back home in Santa Pola, Pascual\u2019s family and the community watched in dismay. They were powerless to intervene. The situation was especially painful for Pepe, who saw history repeating itself \u2013 this time with his son at the centre.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was hard to see it happening all over again\u2026 He wasn\u2019t going to let people die,\u201d Pepe says.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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THE RETURN<\/h2>\n

After ten days aboard Pascual\u2019s fishing boat, the 12 survivors were finally allowed to come ashore in Malta, and then were transferred to Spain. When the Nuestra Madre Loreto returned home to Santa Pola, Pascual and his crew \u2013 just like Pepe a dozen years earlier \u2013 was celebrated for saving lives at sea.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlmost the entire town came to receive them,\u201d said Rafael Bonmati, a local restaurant owner. \u201cThere was music and drums. The Town Hall thanked him and did a plaque for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou are never going to leave people alone in the sea like that. You have to rescue them. They are human beings,\u201d Bonmati added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Video \u00a9 UNHCR by Zahra Mackaoui, producer \/ Bela Szandelszky, camera-editor<\/p>\n

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THE REUNION<\/h2>\n

Before long, Pascual went out on another fishing expedition, returning to Santa Pola three months later to make needed repairs on his boat. The paint was peeling and oil from a broken winch covered the deck.<\/p>\n

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Frank and Diop visit Pascual Dur\u00e1.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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Two of the men he had rescued, Frank from Nigeria and Diop from Senegal, paid him a visit. They had moved to a reception centre in Madrid while their claim for asylum is decided. Their perilous journey and that November night has left scars that made the meeting all the more poignant.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSeeing him makes me feel \u2026 alive, that I have somebody behind me, just like a family \u2026 who is willing to help those that are in need,\u201d said Frank.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Frank and Diop visit Pascual Dur\u00e1.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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Frank and Diop visit Pascual Dur\u00e1. \u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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THE REUNION<\/h2>\n

Before long, Pascual went out on another fishing expedition, returning to Santa Pola three months later to make needed repairs on his boat. The paint was peeling and oil from a broken winch covered the deck.<\/p>\n

Two of the men he had rescued, Frank from Nigeria and Diop from Senegal, paid him a visit. They had moved to a reception centre in Madrid while their claim for asylum is decided. Their perilous journey and that November night has left scars that made the meeting all the more poignant.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSeeing him makes me feel \u2026 alive, that I have somebody behind me, just like a family \u2026 who is willing to help those that are in need,\u201d said Frank.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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BACK TO SEA<\/h2>\n

When the repairs were done, Pascual prepared to set out again for another three-month stretch at sea. The last few days on land were the hardest, as he said goodbye to family and worried about whether or not he would break even on the next catch. He was also concerned that he could encounter more people stranded at sea, forcing him into a fresh ordeal. Still, his mind was made up.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf it happened again, of course, I would do the same a thousand times over.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A crew member works on the Nuestra Madre Loreto.
\u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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A crew member works on the Nuestra Madre Loreto. \u00a9 UNHCR\/Markel Redondo<\/p>\n

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BACK TO SEA<\/h2>\n

When the repairs were done, Pascual prepared to set out again for another three-month stretch at sea. The last few days on land were the hardest, as he said goodbye to family and worried about whether or not he would break even on the next catch. He was also concerned that he could encounter more people stranded at sea, forcing him into a fresh ordeal. Still, his mind was made up.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf it happened again, of course, I would do the same a thousand times over.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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