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

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Translator: Esperanza Escalona Reyes Reviewer: Agustí López
00:13
Every day, I listen to harrowing stories of people fleeing for their lives,
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Cada dia escolto històries esgarrifoses sobre gent que fuig per sobreviure,
00:19
across dangerous borders and unfriendly seas.
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travessant fronteres perilloses i mars hostils.
00:24
But there's one story that keeps me awake at night,
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Però hi ha una història que no em deixa dormir a la nit,
00:28
and it's about Doaa.
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és la història de la Doaa.
00:30
A Syrian refugee, 19 years old,
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Una refugiada síria, de 19 anys,
00:33
she was living a grinding existence in Egypt working day wages.
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portava una existència miserable a Egipte treballant per un jornal.
00:38
Her dad was constantly thinking of his thriving business back in Syria
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El seu pare només pensava en el negoci que havia deixat a Síria,
00:44
that had been blown to pieces by a bomb.
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que havia estat ensorrat per una bomba.
00:48
And the war that drove them there was still raging in its fourth year.
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La guerra que els havia fet emigrar seguia encesa després de quatre anys.
00:54
And the community that once welcomed them there
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La comunitat que els havia acollit al principi
00:58
had become weary of them.
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ja n'estava farta d'ells.
01:01
And one day, men on motorcycles tried to kidnap her.
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I un dia, uns homes en moto van intentar raptar-la.
01:05
Once an aspiring student thinking only of her future,
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La que abans era una estudiant ambiciosa, que només pensava en el seu futur,
01:09
now she was scared all the time.
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ara estava constantment espantada.
01:14
But she was also full of hope,
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Però també tenia esperança
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because she was in love with a fellow Syrian refugee named Bassem.
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perquè estava enamorada d'un refugiat sirià, en Bassem.
01:21
Bassem was also struggling in Egypt, and he said to Doaa,
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En Bassem també lluitava per sobreviure a Egipte i li va dir a la Doaa,
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"Let's go to Europe; seek asylum, safety.
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"Marxem a Europa, busquem asil, seguretat.
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I will work, you can study -- the promise of a new life."
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Jo treballaré i tu podràs estudiar; la promesa d'una nova vida."
01:34
And he asked her father for her hand in marriage.
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Li va demanar al seu pare de casar-se.
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But they knew to get to Europe they had to risk their lives,
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Però sabien que per arribar a Europa haurien d'ariscar la vida,
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traveling across the Mediterranean Sea,
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Creuar el mar Mediterrani,
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putting their hands in smugglers', notorious for their cruelty.
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posar-se en mans de traficants, coneguts per la seva crueltat.
01:53
And Doaa was terrified of the water.
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I la Doaa tenia pànic a l'aigua.
01:57
She always had been. She never learned to swim.
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Sempre n'havia tingut. Mai no havia après a nedar.
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It was August that year, and already 2,000 people had died
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Era l'agost i aquell any ja havien mort 2.000 persones
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trying to cross the Mediterranean,
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intentant creuar el Mediterrani,
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but Doaa knew of a friend who had made it all the way to Northern Europe,
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però la Doaa tenia un amic que havia pogut arribar al nord d'Europa,
02:12
and she thought, "Maybe we can, too."
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i va pensar: "Potser nosaltres també podrem."
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So she asked her parents if they could go,
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I va demanar als pares si hi podia anar,
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and after a painful discussion, they consented,
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i després d'una dolorosa discussió, van dir que sí,
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and Bassem paid his entire life savings -- 2,500 dollars each --
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i en Bassem va gastar tots els seus estalvis, 2.300 euros per cap,
02:28
to the smugglers.
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als traficants.
02:30
It was a Saturday morning when the call came,
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Un dissabte al matí, va arribar la trucada.
02:34
and they were taken by bus to a beach, hundreds of people on the beach.
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Els van portar en autobús a una platja, amb centenars de persones a la platja.
02:38
They were taken then by small boats onto an old fishing boat,
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Els van portar en barques petites fins a un vell pesquer,
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500 of them crammed onto that boat,
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500 persones embotides en aquell vaixell,
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300 below, [200] above.
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300 sota coberta, 500 a coberta.
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There were Syrians, Palestinians, Africans, Muslims and Christians,
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Hi havia sirians, palestins, africans, musulmans i cristians,
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100 children, including Sandra -- little Sandra, six years old --
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100 nens, incloent-hi la Sandra, la petita Sandra, de 6 anys,
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and Masa, 18 months.
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i la Masa, de 18 mesos.
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There were families on that boat, crammed together shoulder to shoulder,
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Hi havia famílies en aquell vaixell, com en una llauna de sardines,
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feet to feet.
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ple de gom a gom.
03:08
Doaa was sitting with her legs crammed up to her chest,
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La Doaa seia amb les cames encongides cap al pit,
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Bassem holding her hand.
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En Bassem li agafava la mà.
03:16
Day two on the water, they were sick with worry
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El segon dia al mar, estaven molt preocupats
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and sick to their stomachs from the rough sea.
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i marejats per la mala mar.
03:23
Day three, Doaa had a premonition.
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El tercer dia, la Doaa va tenir una premonició.
03:27
And she said to Bassem, "I fear we're not going to make it.
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I li va dir a en Bassem: "Em temo que no ho aconseguirem.
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I fear the boat is going to sink."
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Em temo que el vaixell s'enfonsarà."
03:34
And Bassem said to her, "Please be patient.
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I en Bassem li va dir: "Si us plau, tingues paciència.
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We will make it to Sweden, we will get married
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Arribarem a Suècia, ens casarem
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and we will have a future."
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i tindrem un futur."
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Day four, the passengers were getting agitated.
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El quart dia, els passatgers s'estaven posant nerviosos.
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They asked the captain, "When will we get there?"
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Van preguntar al capità: "Quan arribarem?"
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He told them to shut up, and he insulted them.
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Ell els va dir que callessin i els va insultar.
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He said, "In 16 hours we will reach the shores of Italy."
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Va dir: "En 16 hores arribarem a la costa d'Itàlia."
03:58
They were weak and weary.
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Estaven afeblits, esgotats.
04:01
Soon they saw a boat approach -- a smaller boat, 10 men on board,
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Aviat van veure un vaixell més petit que s'acostava, amb 10 homes a bord,
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who started shouting at them, hurling insults,
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que els van començar a cridar i a insultar,
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throwing sticks, asking them to all disembark
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llençant-los pals, dient-los que desembarquessin
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and get on this smaller, more unseaworthy boat.
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i pugessin a un vaixell més petit i en molt males condicions.
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The parents were terrified for their children,
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Els pares estaven terroritzats pels seus fills
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and they collectively refused to disembark.
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i, fent pinya, es van negar a desembarcar.
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So the boat sped away in anger,
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I el vaixell va marxar a tota velocitat
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and a half an hour later, came back
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i mitja hora després va tornar
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and started deliberately ramming a hole in the side of Doaa's boat,
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i els va envestir a propòsit, i va foradar el vaixell de la Doaa,
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just below where she and Bassem were sitting.
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just a sota d'on ella i en Bassem seien.
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And she heard how they yelled,
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I ella els va sentir cridar:
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"Let the fish eat your flesh!"
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"Que els peixos es mengin la vostra carn!"
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And they started laughing as the boat capsized and sank.
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I van començar a riure mentre el vaixell sotsobrava i s'enfonsava.
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The 300 people below deck were doomed.
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Les 300 persones sota la coberta estaven condemnades.
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Doaa was holding on to the side of the boat as it sank,
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La Doaa s'aferrava a un costat del vaixell mentre s'enfonsava,
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and watched in horror as a small child was cut to pieces by the propeller.
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i va veure horroritzada com l'hèlix destrossava un nen petit.
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Bassem said to her, "Please let go,
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En Bassem li va dir: "Si us plau, deixa't anar,
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or you'll be swept in and the propeller will kill you, too."
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o et xuclarà i l'hèlix també et matarà."
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And remember -- she can't swim.
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I recordeu: ella no sap nedar.
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But she let go and she started moving her arms and her legs,
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Però es va deixar anar i va començar a moure cames i braços,
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thinking, "This is swimming."
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pensant: "Això és nedar."
05:28
And miraculously, Bassem found a life ring.
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I, com de miracle, en Bassem va trobar un flotador.
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It was one of those child's rings
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Era un flotador de nen
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that they use to play in swimming pools and on calm seas.
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per jugar a les piscines o en mars encalmats.
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And Doaa climbed onto the ring,
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I la Doaa s'hi va pujar,
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her arms and her legs dangling by the side.
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amb els braços i les cames penjant pels costats.
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Bassem was a good swimmer,
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En Bassem era un bon nedador,
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so he held her hand and tread water.
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així és que li va agafar la mà i es va mantenir flotant.
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Around them there were corpses.
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Al seu voltant tenien cadàvers.
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Around 100 people survived initially,
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Inicialment, unes 100 persones van sobreviure,
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and they started coming together in groups, praying for rescue.
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i es van començar a agrupar, pregant que els rescatessin.
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But when a day went by and no one came,
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Però quan va passar un dia i ningú no va arribar,
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some people gave up hope,
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alguns van abandonar tota esperança,
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and Doaa and Bassem watched
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i la Doaa i en Bassem van veure
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as men in the distance took their life vests off and sank into the water.
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com alguns homes en la distància es treien els salvavides i s'enfonsaven.
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One man approached them with a small baby perched on his shoulder,
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Un home se'ls va acostar amb una nena petita a les espatlles,
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nine months old -- Malek.
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la Malek, de nou mesos.
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He was holding onto a gas canister to stay afloat, and he said to them,
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L'home s'aferrava a una bombona de gas per no enfonsar-se, i els va dir:
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"I fear I am not going to survive.
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"Em temo que no sobreviuré.
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I'm too weak. I don't have the courage anymore."
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Estic massa feble. Ja no tinc ànims."
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And he handed little Malek over to Bassem and to Doaa,
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I va entregar la petita Malek al Bassem i la Doaa,
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and they perched her onto the life ring.
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i ells la van pujar al flotador.
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So now they were three, Doaa, Bassem and little Malek.
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Ara eren tres: la Doaa, en Bassem i la petita Malek.
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And let me take a pause in this story right here
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I deixeu-me fer una pausa en aquesta història
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and ask the question:
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i fer una pregunta:
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why do refugees like Doaa take these kinds of risks?
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per què hi ha refugiats com la Doaa que s'arrisquen d'aquesta manera?
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Millions of refugees are living in exile, in limbo.
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Milions de refugiats viuen a l'exili, als llimbs.
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They're living in countries [fleeing] from a war that has been raging
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Fugen de països amb una guerra que fa
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for four years.
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quatre anys que dura.
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Even if they wanted to return, they can't.
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Fins i tot si volguessin tornar, no poden.
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Their homes, their businesses,
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Casa seva, els seus negocis,
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their towns and their cities have been completely destroyed.
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els seus pobles i ciutats han estat destruïts completament.
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This is a UNESCO World Heritage City,
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Aquesta és una ciutat declarada Patrimoni de la Humanitat per l'UNESCO:
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Homs, in Syria.
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Homs, a Síria.
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So people continue to flee into neighboring countries,
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La gent continua fugint als països veïns
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and we build refugee camps for them in the desert.
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i nosaltres els construïm camps de refugiats al desert.
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Hundreds of thousands of people live in camps like these,
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Centenars de milers de persones viuen en camps com aquests,
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and thousands and thousands more, millions, live in towns and cities.
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i milers i milers més, milions, viuen en pobles i ciutats.
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And the communities,
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I les comunitats,
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the neighboring countries that once welcomed them
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els països veïns que un dia els van acollir
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with open arms and hearts
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amb els braços i el cor oberts
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are overwhelmed.
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estan sobrepassats.
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There are simply not enough schools, water systems, sanitation.
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I és que no hi ha prou escoles, sistemes d'aigua, lavabos...
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Even rich European countries could never handle such an influx
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Ni els països europeus rics no podrien gestionar mai un flux així
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without massive investment.
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sense una inversió massiva.
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The Syria war has driven almost four million people over the borders,
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La guerra de Síria ha fet fugir del país a gairebé 4 milions de persones,
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but over seven million people are on the run inside the country.
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però més de 7 milions també estan desplaçades dintre del país.
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That means that over half the Syrian population
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Això significa que més de la meitat de la població siriana
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has been forced to flee.
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s'ha vist forçada a fugir.
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Back to those neighboring countries hosting so many.
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Però tornem als països veïns que n'acullen tants:
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They feel that the richer world has done too little to support them.
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tenen la sensació que el món ric ha fet molt poc per ajudar-los.
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And days have turned into months, months into years.
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I els dies s'han transformat en mesos, els mesos en anys.
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A refugee's stay is supposed to be temporary.
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Se suposa que l'estada d'un refugiat ha de ser temporal.
08:50
Back to Doaa and Bassem in the water.
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Tornem a la Doaa i al Bassem, que són a l'aigua.
08:53
It was their second day, and Bassem was getting very weak.
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Era el seu segon dia, i el Bassem s'estava afeblint molt.
08:58
And now it was Doaa's turn to say to Bassem,
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I ara era el torn de la Doaa de dir-li al Bassem:
09:02
"My love, please hold on to hope, to our future. We will make it."
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"Amor meu, si us plau agafa't a l'esperança, al nostre futur.
Ho aconseguirem"
09:09
And he said to her,
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I ell va contestar:
09:12
"I'm sorry, my love, that I put you in this situation.
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"Estimada, sento haver-te posat en aquesta situació.
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I have never loved anyone as much as I love you."
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Mai no he estimat ningú com t'estimo a tu."
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And he released himself into the water,
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I es va deixar anar a l'aigua,
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and Doaa watched as the love of her life drowned before her eyes.
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i la Doaa va veure com l'amor de la seva vida s'ofegava davant dels seus ulls.
09:35
Later that day,
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Més tard aquell mateix dia,
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a mother came up to Doaa with her small 18-month-old daughter, Masa.
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una mare es va acostar a la Doaa amb la seva filla, Masa, de 18 mesos.
09:44
This was the little girl I showed you in the picture earlier,
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És la petita de la fotografia que hem vist abans,
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with the life vests.
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amb les armilles salvavides.
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Her older sister Sandra had just drowned,
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La seva germana, Sandra, s'acabava d'ofegar,
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and her mother knew she had to do everything in her power
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i la mare sabia que havia de fer tot el que pogués
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to save her daughter.
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per salvar la seva filla.
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And she said to Doaa, "Please take this child.
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I li va dir a la Doaa: "Si us plau, agafa aquesta nena.
10:01
Let her be part of you. I will not survive."
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Que sigui una part de tu. Jo no sobreviuré."
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And then she went away and drowned.
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Llavors es va allunyar i es va ofegar.
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So Doaa, the 19-year-old refugee who was terrified of the water,
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I la Doaa, la refugiada de 19 anys, a qui l'aigua l'aterrava,
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who couldn't swim,
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i que no sabia nedar,
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found herself in charge of two little baby kids.
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es va trobar al càrrec de dues criatures petites.
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And they were thirsty and they were hungry and they were agitated,
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I tenien sed i gana i estaven nervioses,
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and she tried her best to amuse them,
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i ella va fer tot el possible per entretenir-les,
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to sing to them, to say words to them from the Quran.
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cantant, dient paraules de l'Alcorà.
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Around them, the bodies were bloating and turning black.
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Al seu voltant, els cossos s'estaven inflant i tornant negres.
10:39
The sun was blazing during the day.
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De dia, el sol cremava.
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At night, there was a cold moon and fog.
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De nit, hi havia boira i una lluna freda.
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It was very frightening.
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Feia molta por.
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On the fourth day in the water, this is how Doaa probably looked
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Al quart dia aquest devia ser l'aspecte de la Doaa
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on the ring with her two children.
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al flotador amb les dues nenes.
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A woman came on the fourth day and approached her
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El quart dia se li va apropar una dona
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and asked her to take another child --
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i li va demanar que agafés un altre nen,
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a little boy, just four years old.
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un nen petit de només 4 anys.
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When Doaa took the little boy and the mother drowned,
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Quan la Doaa es va agafar el nen i la mare es va ofegar,
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she said to the sobbing child,
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li va dir al nen que plorava:
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"She just went away to find you water and food."
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"Ha anat a buscar aigua i menjar per a tu."
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But his heart soon stopped,
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Però el cor del nen aviat es va aturar,
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and Doaa had to release the little boy into the water.
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i la Doaa va haver de deixar-lo anar a l'aigua.
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Later that day,
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Més tard el mateix dia,
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she looked up into the sky with hope,
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va mirar amunt, al cel, amb esperança,
11:28
because she saw two planes crossing in the sky.
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perquè va veure dos avions creuant el cel.
11:32
And she waved her arms, hoping they would see her,
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I va fer senyals amb els braços, esperant que la veiessin,
11:36
but the planes were soon gone.
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però els avions aviat van marxar.
11:39
But that afternoon, as the sun was going down,
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Però aquella mateixa tarda, mentre el sol es ponia,
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she saw a boat, a merchant vessel.
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va veure un vaixell, un mercant.
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And she said, "Please, God, let them rescue me."
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I va dir: "Si us plau, Déu, que em rescatin."
11:50
She waved her arms and she felt like she shouted for about two hours.
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Va agitar els braços i va sentir que cridava durant 2 hores.
11:54
And it had become dark, but finally the searchlights found her
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Ja s'havia fet fosc quan, finalment, els reflectors la van trobar
11:58
and they extended a rope,
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li van llençar una corda,
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astonished to see a woman clutching onto two babies.
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sorpresos de veure una dona aferrada dos nens.
12:06
They pulled them onto the boat, they got oxygen and blankets,
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Els van pujar al vaixell, els van donar oxigen i mantes,
12:10
and a Greek helicopter came to pick them up
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i va arribar un helicòpter grec a recollir-los
12:13
and take them to the island of Crete.
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i portar-los a l'illa de Creta.
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But Doaa looked down and asked, "What of Malek?"
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Però la Doaa va mirar avall i va preguntar: "I la Malek?"
12:20
And they told her the little baby did not survive --
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I li van dir que la nena no havia sobreviscut,
12:23
she drew her last breath in the boat's clinic.
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havia expirat a l'hospital del vaixell.
12:28
But Doaa was sure that as they had been pulled up onto the rescue boat,
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Però la Doaa estava segura que mentre les pujaven al vaixell
12:33
that little baby girl had been smiling.
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la petita somreia.
12:39
Only 11 people survived that wreck, of the 500.
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Només 11 persones de 500 van sobreviure el naufragi.
12:46
There was never an international investigation into what happened.
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No s'ha fet cap investigació internacional sobre el que va passar.
12:50
There were some media reports about mass murder at sea,
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Hi va haver alguna notícia sobre una massacre al mar,
12:55
a terrible tragedy,
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una tragèdia terrible,
12:56
but that was only for one day.
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però només va durar un dia.
12:59
And then the news cycle moved on.
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Després, el cicle de les notícies va passar pàgina.
13:04
Meanwhile, in a pediatric hospital on Crete,
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Mentretant, en un hospital pediàtric de Creta,
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little Masa was on the edge of death.
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la petita Masa estava al caire de la mort.
13:13
She was really dehydrated. Her kidneys were failing.
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Estava molt deshidratada. Li fallaven els ronyons.
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Her glucose levels were dangerously low.
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Tenia la glucosa perillosament baixa.
13:19
The doctors did everything in their medical power to save them,
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Els metges van fer tot el mèdicament possible per salvar-la,
13:23
and the Greek nurses never left her side,
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i les infermeres gregues no la van deixar mai sola,
13:26
holding her, hugging her, singing her words.
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agafant-li la mà, abraçant-la, cantant-li.
13:28
My colleagues also visited and said pretty words to her in Arabic.
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Els meus col·legues també la van visitar i li van dir paraules boniques en àrab.
13:34
Amazingly, little Masa survived.
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Sorprenentment, la petita Masa va sobreviure.
13:40
And soon the Greek press started reporting about the miracle baby,
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I aviat la premsa grega va començar a parlar de la bebè miraculosa,
13:46
who had survived four days in the water without food or anything to drink,
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que havia sobreviscut quatre dies a l'aigua sense menjar ni beure,
13:51
and offers to adopt her came from all over the country.
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i d'arreu del país van arribar ofertes per adoptar-la.
13:57
And meanwhile, Doaa was in another hospital on Crete,
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Mentretant, la Dooa era en un altre hospital de Creta,
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thin, dehydrated.
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prima, deshidratada.
14:03
An Egyptian family took her into their home as soon as she was released.
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Una família egípcia la va acollir a casa seva quan va sortir de l'hospital.
14:10
And soon word went around about Doaa's survival,
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I aviat va córrer la veu que la Dooa havia sobreviscut,
14:15
and a phone number was published on Facebook.
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i es va publicar un número de telèfon a Facebook.
14:19
Messages started coming in.
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Van començar a arribar missatges.
14:22
"Doaa, do you know what happened to my brother?
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"Doaa, saps què li va passar al meu germà?
14:27
My sister? My parents? My friends? Do you know if they survived?"
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A la meva germana? Als meus pares? Als meus amics? Saps si van sobreviure?"
14:35
One of those messages said,
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Un d'aquests missatges deia:
14:38
"I believe you saved my little niece, Masa."
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"Crec que vas salvar la meva petita neboda, la Masa."
14:44
And it had this photo.
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I tenia aquesta foto.
14:47
This was from Masa's uncle,
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Era del tiet de la Masa,
14:50
a Syrian refugee who had made it to Sweden with his family
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un refugiat sirià que havia arribat a Suècia amb la seva família
14:54
and also Masa's older sister.
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i també la germana gran de la Masa.
14:57
Soon, we hope, Masa will be reunited with him in Sweden,
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Tenim l'esperança que aviat la Masa es reunirà amb ell a Suècia,
15:03
and until then, she's being cared for in a beautiful orphanage in Athens.
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i fins llavors, l'estan cuidant en un bonic orfenat d'Atenes.
15:10
And Doaa? Well, word went around about her survival, too.
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I la Doaa? Bé, la seva història de supervivència també es va fer pública.
15:16
And the media wrote about this slight woman,
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I la premsa va escriure sobre aquesta dona petita
15:20
and couldn't imagine how she could survive all this time
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i no es podien imaginar com va poder sobreviure tot aquell temps
15:24
under such conditions in that sea,
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en aquelles circumstàncies al mar
15:27
and still save another life.
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i salvar una altra vida.
15:32
The Academy of Athens, one of Greece's most prestigious institutions,
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L'Acadèmia d'Atenes, una de les institucions més prestigioses de Grècia,
15:37
gave her an award of bravery,
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li va atorgar un premi a la valentia,
15:41
and she deserves all that praise,
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i es mereix tots aquests elogis
15:44
and she deserves a second chance.
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i es mereix una segona oportunitat.
15:47
But she wants to still go to Sweden.
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Però encara vol anar a Suècia.
15:51
She wants to reunite with her family there.
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Es vol reunir amb la família que hi té.
15:53
She wants to bring her mother and her father and her younger siblings
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Vol portar la seva mare, el seu pare i els seus germans petits
15:57
away from Egypt there as well,
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d'Egipte a Suècia també
16:00
and I believe she will succeed.
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i jo crec que ho aconseguirà.
16:03
She wants to become a lawyer or a politician
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Vol ser advocada o política
16:06
or something that can help fight injustice.
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o alguna cosa que pugui ajudar a lluitar contra la injustícia.
16:11
She is an extraordinary survivor.
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És una supervivent extraordinària.
16:15
But I have to ask:
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Però he de preguntar:
16:17
what if she didn't have to take that risk?
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i si no hagués hagut d'assumir aquest risc?
16:20
Why did she have to go through all that?
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Per què va haver de passar per tot això?
16:23
Why wasn't there a legal way for her to study in Europe?
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Per què no hi va haver una manera legal per que ella pogués estudiar a Europa?
16:28
Why couldn't Masa have taken an airplane to Sweden?
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Per què la Masa no va poder agafar un avió cap a Suècia?
16:32
Why couldn't Bassem have found work?
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Per què el Bassem no va poder trobar feina?
16:36
Why is there no massive resettlement program for Syrian refugees,
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Per què no hi ha un programa de reubicació a gran escala per als refugiats sirians,
16:41
the victims of the worst war of our times?
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que són víctimes de la pitjor guerra dels nostres dies?
16:45
The world did this for the Vietnamese in the 1970s. Why not now?
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El món ho va fer per als vietnamites en la dècada dels 70. Per què ara no?
16:52
Why is there so little investment in the neighboring countries
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Per què hi ha tan poca inversió als països veïns
16:57
hosting so many refugees?
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que acullen tants refugiats?
17:01
And why, the root question,
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I per què, el més important,
17:03
is so little being done to stop the wars, the persecution
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es fa tan poc per aturar les guerres, la persecució
17:10
and the poverty that is driving so many people
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i la pobresa que està empenyent a tanta gent
17:14
to the shores of Europe?
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a les costes d'Europa?
17:17
Until these issues are resolved,
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Fins que no es resolguin aquests problemes,
17:20
people will continue to take to the seas
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la gent continuarà llençant-se al mar
17:23
and to seek safety and asylum.
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buscant seguretat i asil.
17:28
And what happens next?
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I què passarà després?
17:30
Well, that is largely Europe's choice.
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Això depèn en gran mesura del que decideixi Europa.
17:33
And I understand the public fears.
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Jo entenc les pors de la gent.
17:37
People are worried about their security, their economies, the changes of culture.
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La gent està preocupada per la seguretat, l'economia, els canvis a la cultura.
17:43
But is that more important than saving human lives?
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Però és això més important que salvar vides humanes?
17:48
Because there is something fundamental here
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Perquè hi ha quelcom fonamental aquí
17:51
that I think overrides the rest,
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que jo crec que està per damunt de la resta,
17:54
and it is about our common humanity.
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i és la nostra humanitat comuna.
17:58
No person fleeing war or persecution
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Ningú que fuig d'una guerra o d'una persecució
18:03
should have to die crossing a sea to reach safety.
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hauria de morir creuant un mar per aconseguir seguretat.
18:08
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
18:14
One thing is for sure,
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Una cosa és segura:
18:15
that no refugee would be on those dangerous boats
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cap refugiat no pujaria a aquests perillosos vaixells
18:19
if they could thrive where they are.
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si poguessin tirar endavant allà on són.
18:21
And no migrant would take that dangerous journey
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I cap migrant no faria aquest viatge perillós
18:24
if they had enough food for themselves and their children.
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si tingués prou menjar per a ell i els seus fills.
18:28
And no one would put their life savings
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I ningú no posaria els estalvis de tota una vida
18:31
in the hands of those notorious smugglers
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a les mans d'aquests famosos traficants de persones
18:34
if there was a legal way to migrate.
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si hi hagués una manera legal de migrar.
18:37
So on behalf of little Masa
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Així és que, en nom de la petita Masa
18:41
and on behalf of Doaa
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i en nom de la Doaa
18:43
and of Bassem
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i del Bassem
18:45
and of those 500 people who drowned with them,
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i de les 500 persones que es van ofegar amb ells,
18:50
can we make sure that they did not die in vain?
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ens podem assegurar que no van morir en va?
18:54
Could we be inspired by what happened,
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Ens podem sentir inspirats pel que va passar
18:57
and take a stand for a world in which every life matters?
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i apostar per un món en el que cada vida importi?
19:04
Thank you.
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Gràcies.
19:06
(Applause)
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(Aplaudiments)
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