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| Subject: Evil statists are responsible: Drowned migrant couple found clinging together, united in death Sat May 17, 2014 9:54 pm | |
| Harrowing footage has emerged of an African migrant ship that sunk off the coast of Italy last Septmber, killing more than 300.
The Daily Mail reports that as police divers explored the sunken wreck, the bodies of those that did not survive could be seen on board and scattered on the surrounding sea bed .
In one heartbreaking image a young couple had remained in a loving embrace even as they drowned.
The ship caught fire and sank last September, just two miles off the island of Lampedusa, killing 366 migrants mostly Somalis and Eritreans.
Following the disaster the Italian navy and coastguard stepped up rescue operations.
Already this year 36,000 migrants have landed by boat in Italy, eight-fold last year's arrivals.
This week a boat carrying hundreds of migrants sunk 100 miles south of Lampedusa. Despite desperate rescue attempts, at least 17 migrants drowned, with many more still missing.
https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/23566174/united-in-death-drowned-migrant-couple-found-clinging-together/ |
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