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More than 200 Somalis drowned in Mediterranean
2016-04-19
Dozens of African migrants have reportedly drowned after a boat carrying 400 people capsized in the Mediterranean Sea.

Most of the 400 migrants aboard the boat were fleeing from Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea and had been hoping to reach Italy. Somali media reports say that rescue workers have only managed to save 29 passengers from the waters after the shocking incident.

Over 400 migrants are thought to have drowned, the Somali ambassador in Egypt told BBC Arabic.

Social media users have claimed that the boat had started its journey in Egypt with Italy being its intended destination, a route favoured by many smugglers.
Posted by:Steve White

#9  At least the Turks had the decency to sell life jackets to these people before they got into the boats.

What odds the January arrests got all the manufacturers of fake life vests in Turkey?
Posted by: trailing wife   2016-04-19 19:12  

#8  Should have paid for the upgrade to the premium service.

Funny how the reporting never mentions the money involved and where it comes from. A few million migrant colonists X a few thousand per head and we are talking billions of dollars.
Posted by: phil_b   2016-04-19 17:34  

#7  SteveS----That is very cruel, but witty. WKRP, one of their best episodes.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2016-04-19 15:54  

#6  "As God is my witness, I thought Somalis could swim."
Posted by: SteveS   2016-04-19 14:37  

#5  Are their sharks in the Mediterranean? Can we make it happen? Or at least stock with ill tempered sea bass with frickin lasers on their heads?
Posted by: regular joe   2016-04-19 14:04  

#4  I guess they won't make it to Dodge City.
Posted by: bman   2016-04-19 12:28  

#3  At least the Turks had the decency to sell life jackets to these people before they got into the boats. And it's a good bet that not one of them ever learned to swim.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2016-04-19 11:24  

#2  You ever try swimming with a DShK and 500 rnds of ammo ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2016-04-19 08:47  

#1  200+ fewer pirates, I suppose
Posted by: Raj   2016-04-19 00:24  

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