40 migrants, mostly Africans and Syrians, drowned after a boat
carrying them to Italy deflated in the Mediterranean sea on Sunday May
3rd. This comes few weeks after over 700 migrants drowned in the
Mediterranean sea, a situation described as the worst massacre ever seen
in the Mediterranean.
According to international aid
organization, Save the Children, survivors from the incident said they
were 137 onboard the boat and as they got to Sicily in Italy, their boat
deflated. Some of the boat occupants who could not swim, jumped
into the sea and drowned.
One of the survivors, Astoy Fall Dia from
Senegal, told AP she managed to survive because she knew how to swim and
held on to the dinghy(boat).
"There
was the big ship there and they threw down ropes, someone grabbed on to
the rope, all the other people started pushing to try to save
themselves but then people started falling in the water."she said
At least 1,829 people have died so far this year trying to cross the
Mediterranean.
Title : 40 migrants drown in latest Mediterranean accident
Description : 40 migrants, mostly Africans and Syrians, drowned after a boat carrying them to Italy deflated in the Mediterranean sea on Sunday M...
