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Turborama

(22,109 posts) Sat Oct 12, 2013, 10:46 AM Oct 2013

Mediterranean 'a cemetery' - Maltese PM Muscat

Source: BBC

Malta's prime minister has said European waters close to Africa are turning into a cemetery, after another boat laden with migrants capsized.

Joseph Muscat said Malta felt "abandoned" by the rest of Europe and urged the EU to take action.

Malta and Italy launched a rescue operation after a boat capsized on Friday, killing at least 30 people.

It happened 120km (70 miles) off Lampedusa, the Italian island where at least 300 migrants drowned last week. On Saturday, rescuers pulled another 20 bodies from the sea, raising the toll from that shipwreck to 359.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24502279

The survivors' tale later on in the article is heartbreaking. Quoting the BBC, "One migrant family were forced to choose which of their children to save".

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Mediterranean 'a cemetery' - Maltese PM Muscat (Original Post) Turborama Oct 2013 OP

Don't blame the operators of the boats that keep sinking, oh, no. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #1

Last week's boat was 22 metres long. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #2

Greedy murderers is what they are, true Capitalists exploiting an opportunity to make profits. Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #3

I saw a report which was saying the reason it's taking so long to recover the bodies Turborama Oct 2013 #4

I first heard ref. to the boats length on tv news here dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #5

Indeed he should. When something is illegal - drugs, immigration - the nasty pampango Oct 2013 #6

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)

1. Don't blame the operators of the boats that keep sinking, oh, no.

Reply to Turborama (Original post)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:14 PM

Oct 2013

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

2. Last week's boat was 22 metres long.

Reply to Ikonoklast (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:19 PM

Oct 2013

It had 500 aboard apparently. They must've been packed like sardines. The ship's captains should be arrested.

Ikonoklast

(23,973 posts)

3. Greedy murderers is what they are, true Capitalists exploiting an opportunity to make profits.

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:33 PM

Oct 2013

Just serving the demands of the Free Market...if a few kids and old people drown, serves them right, they knew I was a crook, it's their fault I screwed them over.

Turborama

(22,109 posts)

4. I saw a report which was saying the reason it's taking so long to recover the bodies

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:36 PM

Oct 2013

...is because they are so tightly intertwined in the ship.

dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)

5. I first heard ref. to the boats length on tv news here

Reply to Turborama (Reply #4)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:43 PM

Oct 2013

and thought I must've misheard. Newspapers later confirmed that to be the case.

Its appalling. I wonder how many would start the trip from Eritrea wherever if they had any knowledge of these outcomes.

There's something really Micky Mouse going on at the Tunisian and Libyan ports.

off topic : I feel very sorry for these people too - Cyclone Phailin makes landfall in India http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24507810

pampango

(24,692 posts)

6. Indeed he should. When something is illegal - drugs, immigration - the nasty

Reply to dipsydoodle (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 12, 2013, 01:52 PM

Oct 2013

characters take over, but you need to arrest and imprison them.

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