As many as nine hundred people are now thought to have drowned in what looks set to be the Mediterannean's worst ever human tragedy
- 9 years ago
Up to nine hundred people are now feared to have drowned after a fishing boat smuggling migrants capsized in the Mediterranean.
One Bangladeshi survivor said in Catania over six hundred and fifty people were on board when it went down..
It’s estimated about forty to fifty children and around two hundred women were trapped behind closed doors inside the boat and were unable to escape.
The ship went down about one hundred kilometres off the coast of Libya and around two hundred kilometres south of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
It’s thought to be the worst ever tragedy involving the transportation of migrants to Europe. Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is leading calls for greater EU action on the issue.
He said:
“Our priority, which is a Political priority with a capital ‘P’, is human dignity, as well as national security, to stop the trafficking of human beings. These new slave drivers cannot think that Europe considers this a second rate problem compared to other
One Bangladeshi survivor said in Catania over six hundred and fifty people were on board when it went down..
It’s estimated about forty to fifty children and around two hundred women were trapped behind closed doors inside the boat and were unable to escape.
The ship went down about one hundred kilometres off the coast of Libya and around two hundred kilometres south of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
It’s thought to be the worst ever tragedy involving the transportation of migrants to Europe. Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is leading calls for greater EU action on the issue.
He said:
“Our priority, which is a Political priority with a capital ‘P’, is human dignity, as well as national security, to stop the trafficking of human beings. These new slave drivers cannot think that Europe considers this a second rate problem compared to other