'If Libya is hell and Europe is heaven, this is purgatory': Life inside Covid-19 quarantine ship

Journalist Ian Urbina volunteered with the Red Cross in order to spend time on one of the Covid-19 quarantine ships moored off the coast of Italy. Nine luxury cruise ships were repurposed to house children, women and men fleeing their countries across the sea for a better life

06 June 2021 - 00:00
By Ian Urbina

Journalist Ian Urbina volunteered with the Red Cross in order to spend time on one of the Covid-19 quarantine ships moored off the coast of Italy. Nine luxury cruise ships were repurposed to house children, women and men fleeing their countries across the sea for a better life

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