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06-18-2011, 12:48 PM
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61 Refugees Drown Trying to Escape from Libya
At least 800 people have drowned as they tried to escape war torn Libya in the two months since the civil war started The dramatic claim was made just days after it emerged that 61 people drowned after another ship sank despite being spotted and given assistance by an unidentified military helicopter. There have been claims it was from a Nato vessel patrolling the waters off the coast of Libya but officials have denied this saying there is "no evidence that one of their vessels was involved." The victims are made up mainly of refugees fleeing Libya but economic migrants are also feared to have died as they sailed from north Africa to the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa. Since January the island has been swamped with more than 20,000 illegal immigrants and refugees pushing it's limited resources of food and water to the limit.  ·  ·  ·  ·  ·  · |
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06-18-2011, 01:41 PM
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Re: 61 Refugees Drown Trying to Escape from Libya
Just think if you were going to the beach and see that wash up.. Eeeewww, the smell would have been horrendous.  |
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06-19-2011, 08:56 AM
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Re: 61 Refugees Drown Trying to Escape from Libya
Funny there has been that many deaths from people trying to escape and this was the first i heard about it. Unless the many other bodies just sunk at sea.
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