Thursday, April 16, 2015

The Sea of Death

Geneva (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on 15 April 2015 expressed shock at news from the Mediterranean that hundreds of people were missing after their boat sank and called anew for urgent action to prevent such tragedies in the future. © UNHCR/F.Malavolta | Medics carry a young man on a stretcher off the Italian Coastguard vessel Gregoretti when it reached Palermo in Sicily earlier this week after rescuing people from the Mediterranean. The latest incident involves the capsizing of a double-deck boat on Monday in waters about 120 kilometres south of Italy’s Lampedusa Island. So far, 142 people have been rescued and eight bodies recovered.



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