Greece :Another 500 Drown : Illegal Migrants as boat capsizes

[arista]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65901005


[At least 78 migrants have drowned
and more than 100 have been rescued
after their fishing vessel capsized off
the coast of southern Greece.

The shipwreck is the deadliest off Greece this year.

It is unclear how many people were on the boat
when it sank about 50 miles (80 km)
south-west of Pylos.
But Greek officials and the International Organization
for Migration (IOM) say that hundreds
of people could have been on board.
Greece's coastguard said the boat
was spotted in international waters
late on Tuesday by an aircraft belonging
to EU border agency Frontex.

The coastguard said that the
passengers "refused any help"
and that none on board were
wearing life jackets.]



tragic.

[hijaxers]

Offered help and refused why?? obviously preferred to drown :shrug: :conf:

[arista]

Yes very strange

[arista]

Ch4HDnews just stated
more than 100 were saved

It was on route from Libya to Italy

The Number of the Dead is expected to rise.

[arista]

[Greece boat disaster: Capsized boat had 100 children in hold ]

Sadly,
the Children Drown Fast

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65914476

Around 750 overloaded on the ship

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/1386B/production/_130097997_348d98f1-1fe8-40e1-89a9-65c1def42ec7.jpg.webp

[Oliver_W]

#StopTheBoats find the people smugglers and charge them with the murders of all the lives lost.

[arista]

#StopTheBoats find the people smugglers and charge them with the murders of all the lives lost.

Not Possible
They are back in Libya
taking Cash for the next ship

[Oliver_W]

Not Possible
They are back in Libya
taking Cash for the next ship

Then do something about them in Libya.

The migrant crisis isn't going to end while they're around.

[bots]

Then do something about them in Libya.

The migrant crisis isn't going to end while they're around.

we can't police the world

[arista]

Then do something about them in Libya.

The migrant crisis isn't going to end while they're around.


Libya is a Mess of a Nation

There are no proper connections with such a Corrupt Leadership


These Ships full of loads of Migrants
will carry on, sadly.

They will overload more ships
as that makes more Cash
for the Evil People Smugglers

[Oliver_W]

we can't police the world

It's not policing the world, as the migrant crisis affects us too.

[bots]

It's not policing the world, as the migrant crisis affects us too.

so unless you police the traffickers, how do you intend to stop them? The Libyan authorities dont care. Maybe we should put Hillary in charge? :laugh:

[bots]

The greek coastguard believes there were 750 people on board

https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/976/cpsprodpb/C4A3/production/_130093305_fd52450a7713b5140f4221b45d7651c4cd397de 20_313_1125_6321000x563.jpg.webp

[arista]

Yes the death toll will go up
of course, many bodies will drift far away,
in the Rough sea.

So total death count
may never by updated


Overloaded ships
makes bigger Cash Amounts
for the Evil Smuggler Gangs
in Libya

[Crimson Dynamo]

hopefully it will deter others

[arista]

hopefully it will deter others


I doubt that.

[arista]

They all paid €5,000 each.


Around 600 missing

[Crimson Dynamo]

They all paid €5,000 each.


Around 600 missing

The sharks will eat them I'd imagine

[arista]

BBC Newsnight
started a report
from Tunisia waters
showed a Fisherman who has had to take a break
as dead bodies, including dead babies floating.


He has been offered Big Cash
from the Evil Smugglers for his Fishing Boat /Ship.

The Boats are over packed
with illegal migrants,
and that Med Sea can be calm
but a few mins later a big wind.


They died in the Deep Sea.

[arista]

This is not Greece's Fault

The Evil Smugglers Over Packed a Former Fishing Boat/Ship
The Sea will eat it up.


No Children or women that were, below
have not been found.


9 Smugglers
were arrested, in Greece

[UserSince2005]

I don’t know what they are expected to find in Europe? All there people have already ruined this entire continent

[arista]

I don’t know what they are expected to find in Europe? All there people have already ruined this entire continent

The Evil Smugglers,
who do not care if they sink,
tell them to start from Italy
then to connect with Germany or via another Cost
a small boat
to travel to Kent, England
or other EU nations.



Ch4HDnews a few months back interviewed a
Rich Human Smuggler,
based in Libya.

[bots]

The BBC has obtained evidence casting doubt on the Greek coastguard's account of the migrant shipwreck in which hundreds are feared to have died.

Analysis of the movement of other ships in the area suggests the overcrowded fishing vessel was not moving for at least seven hours before it capsized.

The coastguard still claims that during these hours the boat was on a course to Italy and not in need of rescue.

Greek authorities have not yet responded to the BBC's findings.

But the UN has called for an investigation into Greece's handling of the disaster, amid claims more action should have been taken earlier to initiate a full-scale rescue attempt.

Greek officials maintain those on board said they did not want help and were not in danger until just before their boat sank.

The BBC has obtained a computer animation of tracking data provided by MarineTraffic, a maritime analytics platform.

Their data shows hours of activity focused on a small, specific area where the migrant boat later sank, casting doubt on the official claim it had no problems with its navigation.

The fishing boat had no tracker so is not shown on the map. Neither are coastguard and military vessels which do not have to share their location.

Frontex, the EU's border force, says it first spotted the migrant boat at around 08:00 GMT on Tuesday and informed the Greek authorities.

Alarm Phone, an emergency hotline for migrants in trouble at sea, say they received a call at 12:17 GMT saying the boat was in distress.

We have used video and photographs authenticated by BBC Verify, as well as court records and shipping logs, to analyse the movement of vessels in the area in the following hours.

The Marine Traffic animation shows a ship called the Lucky Sailor abruptly turning north at 15:00 GMT.

The owner of the Lucky Sailor gave us its log book and confirmed it had been asked by the Coastguard to approach the migrant boat and give food and water.

About half-an-hour later at 15:35 GMT, the coastguard helicopter found the migrant boat. Authorities have continued to claim it was on a steady course at the time.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-65942426

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Greece hasn't been telling the truth