Survivors of Europe's most deadly migrant shipwreck in years have described the horrifying moment Traffickers capsized their boat and left them to drown, as the EU cried murder and vowed to step up the fight against people smugglers. Fresh witness testimony confirmed around 500 people drowned after their boat sank off Malta on Wednesday, including up to 100 children who had been making the treacherous journey from Egypt to Italy, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. According to the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR), over 2,500 people have drowned or gone missing attempting the crossing in 2014, and in several separate incidents survivors have spoken of Traffickers overfilling rickety boats or locking people below decks to suffocate. We'll increase and intensify our efforts to fight human trafficking," said Michele Cercone, spokesman for EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom.
09-21-2014, 09:40 AM
Traffickers 'laughed' as they capsized boat to drown refugees
Survivors of Europe's most deadly migrant shipwreck in years have described the horrifying moment Traffickers capsized their boat and left them to drown, as the EU cried murder and vowed to step up the fight against people smugglers. Fresh witness testimony confirmed around 500 people drowned after their boat sank off Malta on Wednesday, including up to 100 children who had been making the treacherous journey from Egypt to Italy, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. According to the UN's refugee agency (UNHCR), over 2,500 people have drowned or gone missing attempting the crossing in 2014, and in several separate incidents survivors have spoken of Traffickers overfilling rickety boats or locking people below decks to suffocate. We'll increase and intensify our efforts to fight human trafficking," said Michele Cercone, spokesman for EU Home Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom.
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