Video Shows Migrants Saved From Packed Dinghy

 

The dramatic footage shows people jumping out of a deflating dinghy and clinging on to inflatables to try to stay alive.  

video after the cut

 

According to skynews The deflating dinghy was packed with dozens of people and some take it in turns to try to get water out using plastic blue containers, emptying them over the sides.
A rope ladder is thrown down as a few clamber to get climb up from the sea. One migrant is filmed being frisked by crew members on board the ship.
The footage was shot by a crew member on board the Zeran and the incident is believed to have happened on Sunday in the sea between Libya and the Italian island of Sicily.
The crew member who filmed the footage told the Associated Press that the five bodies were recovered from inside the dinghy, suggesting that the migrants had either died during the crossing or in the frantic rush to be rescued.
He estimated at least another five to nine people fell into the water and drowned.
One of those who survived was Astoy Fall Dia, a 24-year-old migrant from Senegal.