Espresso Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The7thStranger Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 This is horrific. Rest in peace to all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zox Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Jesus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Lion Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 This is why the aliens are coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelter Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 Sad. The greed putting so many on the boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoOneDiesFromLove Posted June 15, 2023 Share Posted June 15, 2023 This is so sad, people shouldn’t have to go through this just to get a chance at a better life. RIP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espresso Posted June 17, 2023 Author Share Posted June 17, 2023 Updated OP for latest death toll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrier Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 jfc how awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMIT Posted June 17, 2023 Share Posted June 17, 2023 This is awful and the worst part is that this wasn't the first and definitely won't be the last time something like happens, Europe leaders don't give a **** sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flower moon Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 were the people forced onto the boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espresso Posted June 18, 2023 Author Share Posted June 18, 2023 9 hours ago, flower moon said: were the people forced onto the boat? In this instance specifically, highly unlikely for most of any of them. Although human trafficking for either labor or sex has occurred through these routes. Here, they paid smugglers to board the boat. Since this has started being tracked in the first wave in 2014, roughly 25,000 have died this way in the Mediterranean Sea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_European_migrant_crisis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arceus Posted June 18, 2023 Share Posted June 18, 2023 the rich middle eastern countries should help EU handling this migrant crisis tbh why cant they help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiliam Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 the way the media ignore news like this is also heartbreaking. It was like when you`re an immigrant, your life doesn`t matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThehushSound Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 The fact that this was largely ignored and these people will be vilified by the media, while 5 jackass billionaires are getting the whole world’s attention and won’t be treated as assholes who made an ******* decision and ultimately will cost taxpayers millions of dollars is infuriating. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Letemtalk Posted June 21, 2023 Share Posted June 21, 2023 Quote The testimonies also echoed previous accounts that the steel-hulled trawler sank in calm seas during a botched attempt to tow it. This clashes with the Greek coast guard’s insistence that neither its patrol boat that escorted the trawler in its last hours nor any other vessel attached a tow rope. Quote “The Greek ship cast a rope and it was tied to our bows,” survivor Abdul Rahman Alhaz said in his sworn testimony. “We shouted ‘stop, stop!’ because our boat was listing. (It) was in bad shape and overloaded, and shouldn’t have been towed.” https://apnews.com/article/greece-migrant-shipwreck-smugglers-9daf86915e8bd89a1697dd1ee75504ac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espresso Posted June 21, 2023 Author Share Posted June 21, 2023 @Letemtalk Thanks, updated OP title. I'll just have them scroll down to your story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shelter Posted June 23, 2023 Share Posted June 23, 2023 Apparently they refused help from Greece because they wanted to go to Italy, Such a joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Espresso Posted June 23, 2023 Author Share Posted June 23, 2023 5 hours ago, Shelter said: Apparently they refused help from Greece because they wanted to go to Italy, Such a joke That's the Greek accounting that's since been loudly and repeatedly refuted by numerous migrants that were on the ship. Quite frankly, having taken everything in (14 articles and a lot of video) I think both happened. There were some in authority on that ship that wanted to keep going to Italy and some that weren't that didn't AND the Greek authorities tried to tow the boat, exacerbating a problem already occurring of the migrants moving from one side to the other to try and reset the tow that was causing it to tip, making the problem worse and eventually causing it tip over entirely. A lot had no chance to escape that were bunched into the hull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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