Nick Romaniuk is rescue coordinator for the European charity SOS Méditerranée, leading the team that picks up migrants who are trying to reach Europe, by crossing the Mediterranean from Africa. 

Nick Romaniuk - Saving Lives at Sea was produced by In Focus Productions for NHK World's Direct Talk. 

In Focus Productions' films for Direct Talk have profiled leading thinkers from the fields of international diplomacy, economics, climate change and medicine, to humanitarian causes, science, literature and fashion. 

Recent interviewees include: Primatologist Dr Jane Goodall, Designer Thomas Heatherwick, Mountaineer Chris Bonington, author Elif Shafak, British Museum director Hartwig Fischer, EU commissioner Margrethe Vestager, OECD General Secretary Angel Gurría, and Christiana Figueres, former UN Climate Change envoy.

http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/tv/directtalk/

Our Direct Talk films are produced and directed by Mark Galloway, Peter Gordon, Paul Mitchell, Teresa Cherfas and Alison Rooper.