Bochra

When the climate in the Mediterranean returns mild, boats full of migrants leave from the coasts of Africa and Asia trying to reach Europe, the "promised land". On a summer night, Bochra arrived on a beach in Sicily with over 130 people on board. All soon escaped. And Bochra remained alone in the limbo between sea and earth… until the tourists arrived.

Description 

When the climate in the Mediterranean returns mild, boats full of migrants leave from the coasts of Africa and Asia trying to reach Europe, the “promised land”.
In recent years, a large number of these boats have used the beaches of Sicily as a landing point, salvation for many people who flee from difficult living conditions.
Often the abandoned boats are stranded in the shallow water or pushed by the current to the beach.
On a summer night, Bochra arrived on the Torre Salsa’s beach, in Sicily, with over 130 people on board. All soon escaped. 
The next morning another landing, a few hundred meters away, of about forty people, including a dozen minors. They also left Bochra alone in the limbo between sea and land ... until the arrival of tourists.


Author's note:
Having heard of the night landing, and subsequent strand of Bochra, I had gone at dawn on the beach to photograph the boat. On my arrival I was able to see another landing, more limited. The adults immediately fled to the bush, while a dozen underage boys remained on the beach. We exchanged some words in French. I was very impressed by how happy they were and how they looked at that beach after three days and three nights of sailing. Perhaps they were not aware of the fact that putting their feet on the ground in Italy did not mean the end of their problems. After this meeting I decided to examine the reactions of bathers at the sight of Bochra.