Over 500 Feared Dead in Mediterranean Migrant Boat Sinking

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) – The Greek coast guard on Friday defended its response to a ship that went down off the country’s south coast and left more than 500 migrants presumed drowned. Criticism mounted over Europe’s yearslong failure to prevent such tragedies.

Patrol boats and a helicopter spent a third day scouring the area of the Mediterranean Sea where the packed fishing vessel capsized early Wednesday, in what the U.N. migration agency said could be the second deadliest migrant shipwreck recorded. The deadliest occurred when a vessel capsized off the coast of Libya en route to Italy in April 2015, killing an estimated 1,100 people.

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[SZonian]

"migrant" = invader

[mountaineer]

Did migrants reject help before deadly Greek wreck, or beg for it? Coast guard, activists disagree
By RENATA BRITO
11 minutes ago

... On June 9, an old steel fishing trawler left eastern Libya for Italy, carrying far too many people.

As many as 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on board, fleeing hopelessness in their home countries and trying to reach relatives in Europe.

Five days later, the trawler sank off the coast of Greece in one of the deepest parts of the Mediterranean Sea. Only 104 people, all men, survived. The remains of 78 people were recovered.

There are still more questions than answers about what led up to one of the worst shipwrecks in recent Mediterranean history.

Activists, migration experts and opposition politicians have criticized Greek authorities for not acting earlier to rescue the migrants, even though a coast guard vessel escorted the trawler for hours and watched helplessly as it sank.  ...

Associated Press story goes on to provide a timeline of the incident.

[sneakypete]

Just how  big was that boat?

[DB]

Just how  big was that boat?

Not big enough.

[sneakypete]

Not big enough.

@DB

Obviously. I SUSPECT overcrowding and too many people on the deck and not enough people down below to serve as ballast  led to the sinking.

[Fishrrman]

Millions more are waiting to come.
Jean Raspail was right:


Question for those brave enough to answer:
How would YOU stop them from sailing?

[DB]

Millions more are waiting to come.
Jean Raspail was right:


Question for those brave enough to answer:
How would YOU stop them from sailing?

If you sent them back as soon as they landed they would stop trying.

Instead they are rewarded for breaking into the country.