European Military and NATO left to die at sea, dozens of immigrants
Dozens of African migrants died in the Mediterranean aboard the ship that traveled to ignore European military units of NATO and its requests for relief, The Guardian reported today.
The ship, which was carrying 72 passengers, including children and political refugees, broke down in late March after leaving the Libyan port of Tripoli in the direction of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Despite the warning signals sent to the Italian coast guard and the ship was able to contact with a helicopter and a warship of NATO, no one tried to rescue the occupants, the British newspaper report. Only 11 people aboard the boat, which drifted at sea for 16 days survived.
"Every morning, upon awakening, we found more bodies, we left on board four hours before throwing them into the sea," he told the newspaper Abu Kurka, one of the survivors.
The international maritime law requires all ships, including military, to respond to distress calls from ships found in the vicinity and to provide assistance. They demand an investigation
organizations rights advocates for refugees have demanded an investigation into what happened and the UN agency for refugees (UNHCR) has asked for more cooperation to save lives among commercial vessels military and ply the waters of the Mediterranean.
"The Mediterranean can become something like the Wild West. Those who refrain from rescuing people in danger in these waters have to be punished," said Laura Boldrini, UNHCR spokesperson.
Zerai Father Moses, a priest based in Rome Eritrean and directs the organization for the rights of refugees Habeshia, was one of the last people who was in communication with the vessel before it ran out the batteries in your phone satellite.
"There has been an abdication of responsibility has resulted in the deaths of more than sixty people, including children. This is a crime, a crime that can not go unpunished just because they were African immigrants, not a cruise ship tourists, "complained the priest.
Source Journal" El Mundo "
NATO left to die of hunger and thirst to 61 immigrants in a boat to Lampedusa
According to the newspaper 'The Guardian', requests for help and the signs of distress of women, children and refugees were ignored by the Western military
Dozens of African migrants have died of hunger and thirst in the Mediterranean Sea after the European military and NATO apparently ignorant of their requests for help, as published by The Guardian. The British newspaper reports that a boat from Libya with 72 people aboard, including women and children, drifted for 16 days while trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa. Despite the alert launched by the Coast Guard and Italian immigrants established contact with a helicopter and an aircraft carrier of NATO, nobody came to his rescue. All
least 11 immigrants died of thirst and hunger. "Every morning we got up and we found more bodies, which we threw into the sea," she told The Guardian Abu Kurka, one of the survivors. The barge left Tripoli on March 25 charged with 47 Ethiopians, seven Nigerians, seven Eritreans, six Ghanaians and five Sudanese. Ran out of fuel near Lampedusa and without food or water. The boats that had come to his aid were ignored and even a ship of NATO, according to research from UK newspaper belonged to the French Army, did not respond to his rescue. After days adrift at sea, the boat finally arrived on 10 April to a town near Misrata.
international maritime law requires all vessels, including military, to respond to distress calls and help from nearby boats on request. Human rights organizations have called for an investigation into the deaths, while the UN High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR) has called for a strict cooperation between military and commercial ships in the Mediterranean in an effort to save lives.
The regime of Muammar Gaddafi used the thousands of desperate people seeking to flee the civil war in Libya as a weapon against Europe. In the last week, the increased flow of migrants trying to reach Italian shores has become a tragedy, the sinking of a boat on Saturday with 600 people on board near Tripoli. Yesterday, there were moments of drama thrown in the water the 500 immigrants who arrived in Lampedusa in another vessel, including many women and children, but have finally been rescued.
The barge arrived at the port of the Italian island about four in the morning, guided by three members of the Guardia di Finanza who had come on board. But the failure of the rudder caused aground on the rocks about ten meters from the shore, tipping due to the waves. Immigrants fell into the water or thrown out of fear, but could not swim. A human chain formed by members of the security forces, humanitarian volunteers and even journalists are citizens organized to save, the newspaper Il Corriere Della Sera.
Since the riots started in the Arab countries, 660,000 people have fled Libya for Egypt's borders and Tunisia, according to UNHCR data. In Italy have arrived by sea about 10,000, counting the 2,000 this weekend. After slowing down the exit of boats from Tunisia, Libya has now opened his hand. Source
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