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2023-02-27 Europe

Over 50 migrants dead in boat wreck off coast of Italy

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Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-27 00:51|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [26 views ] Top
File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1 Italy migrant boat shipwreck: More than 100 people feared dead

What is the benefit of such a law?

Allows enforcement of the 'one at a time' rescue rule. Panicked paddlers must wait their turn rather than swarming and possibly swamping a rescue vessel.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-27 07:56|| 2023-02-27 07:56|| Front Page Top

#2 Migrant Transport Ship Fined 10k and Held in Port for Violating Border Control Decree

Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-27 08:54|| 2023-02-27 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Thank you for explaining, Skidmark. 8 knew someone would know. :-)

From your BBC article:

At least 62 migrants are confirmed to have died, with 12 children said to be among the victims, including a baby.

The vessel, thought to have carried some 200 people, broke apart while trying to land near Crotone on Sunday.

People from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Iraq and Iran were said to be on board.

Bodies were recovered from the beach at a nearby seaside resort in the Calabria region.

The coastguard said 80 people had been found alive, "including some who managed to reach the shore after the sinking", meaning many more remain unaccounted for.

One survivor was arrested on migrant trafficking charges, customs police said.

Many of those on board were thought to be from Pakistan. Its Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday said more than two dozen Pakistanis were believed to have been among the dead.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-02-27 09:59|| 2023-02-27 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 I must have missed something. When did Italy and Pakistan have a common border?

Posted by AlanC 2023-02-27 17:30|| 2023-02-27 17:30|| Front Page Top