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North African refugees try to get to Italy and the Italian Coast Guard rescuing thousands of desperate people. The people of Lempedusa come together to help them on a journey to freedom.

Illegal smuggling in the Mediterranean: arms, drugs, toxic waste, migrants.

The island Lampedusa has become a symbol for migration towards Europe. This has affected the small community of 5,500 Italians living in the middle of the Mediterranean. How do they live their lives, while thousands of refugees arrive?

Salvo is called to the scene of a dead blind man and finds himself taking responsibility for his guide dog. Once the investigation determines that the man was murdered, a course of events lead Salvo to deceive 'Livia into taking a "working" vacation weekend to visit the man's sister and finding that they are in debt with the loan sharks. It is later determined that the murdered man left his substantial savings to his sister - but where did the money come from?

In Sicily, Anthony Bourdain eats some tripe at a local frittola stand in II Capo Market, a spleen sandwich with Sicily's President, and salt encrusted fish. Later, Tony also debates where to get the best cannoli.

The Rolex Middle Sea Race is one of sailing's great offshore challenges. The final event of the Mediterranean sailing season, this 600-plus nautical mile challenge commences and concludes in Malta's historic capital Valetta. The circular, anti-clockwise course around Sicily takes in the Italian islands of Sicily, Stromboli, Pantelleria and Lampedusa. An international fleet, 100 yachts strong, is comprised of skilled professional crews and passionate amateurs, many of them Maltese. It is these entries that give the race its unique Corinthian spirit. Tactically demanding and with fast-changing weather conditions which require supreme skill, endurance, and patience, it is one of sailing's ultimate tests.