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A boat carrying 500 refugees sunk at sea. The story of two survivors

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Melissa Fleming |

TEDxThessaloniki

• May 2015

Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the UN's refugee agency, gives a human face to the sheer numbers of human beings trying to escape to better lives ... as the refugee ships keep coming ...

Aboard an overloaded ship carrying more than 500 refugees, a young woman becomes an unlikely hero. This single, powerful story, told by Melissa Fleming of the UN's refugee agency, gives a human face to the sheer numbers of human beings trying to escape to better lives ... as the refugee ships keep coming ...

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Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming

Voice for refugees

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Melissa Fleming sheds light on their devastating plight and remarkable resilience of refugees.

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