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Migrant Crises: Scores Of Bodies Found On Libya Boat by lanicky(f): 2:58am On Aug 27, 2015 |
About 50 people have been found dead in the hold of a boat carrying migrants intercepted off the coast of Libya, the Italian coastguard says. Italian media reports say the deaths were probably caused by asphyxiation. About 430 people were rescued alive from the boat by a Swedish coastguard ship, the Poseidon, working with the EU's Frontex border agency. Thousands of migrants have died and many thousands more have been rescued after setting sail from Libya recently. Wednesday's rescue operation was one of 10 such missions currently taking place in the waters off Libya, the Italian coastguard said. In this photo provided by the Swedish Coast Guard, migrants wait for help from the ship Poseidon after being spotted in a fishing boat off the Libyan coast 26 August 2015. About 430 people were rescued off the boat Mediterranean tragedy Earlier in August, the Italian navy discovered the bodies of 49 people in the hold of a vessel. Those migrants were thought to have died of asphyxiation. Survivors later testified that smugglers had forced them to remain in the hold. Smugglers based in Libya are believed to be taking advantage of calmer seas to send more boatloads of migrants towards European shores. European officials have described the plight of migrants, almost 250,000 of whom have crossed by boat to the continent this year, as "beyond urgent". So far this year, more than 2,000 migrants have died trying to cross the sea to Europe, the UN says. Vienna migration summit Source: BBC news.
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Re: Migrant Crises: Scores Of Bodies Found On Libya Boat by ufojude: 4:01am On Aug 27, 2015 |
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