HUNDREDS OF MIGRANTS PERISHED IN SHIPWRECK (1039 hits)
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Day 20, April 2015
Rome, IT
Hundreds Perished....
As a mediterrian ship capsized carrying over 900 migrants on Sunday, April 19, 2015. This was reported as one of the most tragic ship accidents transporting migrants ever. News media reports that as many as 700 are feared dead, and the body count may continue to grow. The ship was said to have capsized due the it's large cargo of humans aboard. Hundreds drowned as the ship sunk in the sea's waters. The accident happened near Libya as smugglers were taking migrants to Europe. The European Coast Guard reported saving at least 28 people, from the estimated 950 on board the ship. This latest castrophe was said to have followed one a week before when at least 450 migrants were killed by a boat accident. Many of the African migrants are seeking refuge from poverty, and war conditions and terrorists threats. The European government are reviewing ways to lessen the dangerous journeys migrants make, and looking for a better solution to address multiple drowning ships with human cargos.
..."The chaos of this weekend’s wrecks began Sunday when a 75-foot fishing vessel carrying nearly 1,000 people capsized off the coast of Libya. The boat was said to have turned over when a majority of the passengers tried to move to one side of the vessel to attract the attention of a nearby rescue vote. 900 people are thought to have drowned when they plunged into the frigid sea. The 50 or so people who were rescued told stories of women and children drowning in cages packed to capacity by the brutal smugglers.
Horrifying.
But while that frightening incident may have been the worst in terms of the number of deaths, it was hardly the first or last of its kind. More than 1,500 migrants have died this year alone, according to reports. On Monday, another boat sank off the coast of the Greek island of Rhodes, killing three. And just days earlier, another 400 people were believed to have drowned in a similar wreck in the Mediterranean."...
