Another 40 Migrants Drown in Latest Mediterranean Tragedy

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40 migrants, mostly Africans and Syrians, drowned after a boat carrying them to Italy deflated in the Mediterranean sea on Sunday May 3rd. This comes few weeks after over 700 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean sea, a situation described as the worst massacre ever seen in the Mediterranean. According to international aid organization, Save the Children, survivors from the incident said they were 137 onboard the boat and as they got to Sicily in Italy, their boat deflated. Some of the boat occupants who could not swim, jumped into the sea and drowned. One of the survivors, Astoy Fall Dia from Senegal, told AP she managed to survive because she knew how to swim and held on to the dinghy(boat).
Come guys is Life in Africa Really that terrible that most of us will risk it all, just for the European dream? come to think of it, many European countries are in deep economic crises and the kind of conditions Migrants live in is absolutely ridiculous to risk it all.
Another 40 migrants, mostly Africans and Syrians, drowned after a boat carrying them to Italy deflated in the Mediterranean sea on Sunday May 3rd. This comes few weeks after over 700 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean sea, a situation described as the worst massacre ever seen in the Mediterranean.
According to international aid organization, Save the Children, survivors from the incident said they were 137 onboard the boat and as they got to Sicily in Italy, their boat deflated. Some of the boat occupants who could not swim, jumped into the sea and drowned.
One of the survivors, Astoy Fall Dia from Senegal, told AP she managed to survive because she knew how to swim and held on to the dinghy(boat).
“There was the big ship there and they threw down ropes, someone grabbed on to the rope, all the other people started pushing to try to save themselves but then people started falling in the water.”she said


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