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Boat Carrying Nearly 200 African Migrants To Europe Sinks Off Libyan Coast – Reuters

La Stampa Italian Newspaper says: "On board a barge 200 immigrants. Among the victims, all Somali and Eritrean, also a child" TRIPOLI, Aug 23 (Reuters) - A wooden boat carrying up to 200 migrants has sunk

La Stampa Italian Newspaper says: “On board a barge 200 immigrants. Among the victims, all Somali and Eritrean, also a child”


TRIPOLI, Aug 23 (Reuters) – A wooden boat carrying up to 200 migrants has sunk just one kilometer (half a mile) off the Libyan coast, the coast guard said on Saturday, and most passengers were feared drowned.

The local coast guard said it had no boats of its own and had to commandeer fishing vessels in a rescue attempt after fishermen raised the alarm on Saturday morning.

Migrants have been streaming out of North Africa in rickety boats in rising numbers for years. Many head for Italy, and so far in 2014, the total number reaching Italian shores has passed 100,000, the Italian government said this week.

Libya is a major departure point for this journey, and human traffickers are exploiting the political chaos and lack of security that has blighted the country since Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in an uprising in 2011.

The small boat crammed with between 150-200 migrants sank late on Friday near Qarabouli, east of Tripoli, local coast guard official Mohammad Abdellatif told Reuters Television.

Local fishermen raised the alarm at dawn on Saturday morning and the coast guard managed to rescue 16 migrants who were still alive in the water, surrounded by bodies, Abdellatif said.

The boat had entirely disappeared when the coast guard arrived at the scene, around 1 km from the beach, he said.


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The coast guard in Qarabouli has no equipment and so is forced to borrow fishing vessels and tug boats to carry out their rescue missions, he added.

All of those rescued were released as there was nowhere to detain them, Abdellatif said. He said he had informed the local hospital, the ministry of health and the criminal investigations department of the accident but that all three had refused to collect the bodies.

In recent weeks, Libya has seen the worst violence since the 2011 rebellion as rival factions battle each other for influence and control of the country’s wealth. Foreign embassies and agencies have evacuated their staff and the entire parliament has decamped to the country’s east.

State authority has crumbled and basic services are becoming increasingly more difficult to come by.

“The coast guard has no problem with searching for the missing illegal migrants, but the problem is who will receive them after finding them,” Libya’s navy spokesman Ayoub Qassem said,

“They have no locations to accept them and the immigration authorities are not helpful enough to receive them on time,” he said.

The Italian navy told Reuters they were not involved in the incident and had no further details.

Italy is carrying out the bulk of patrols in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at preventing major tragedies involving migrants. More than 70,000 people have been rescued through the “Mare Nostrum” (Our Sea) mission of patrols which Italy began last October. (Additional reporting by Isla Binnie in Rome; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Raissa Kasolowsky and Ralph Boulton)

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56 COMMENTS
  • Hakim August 23, 2014

    Here we go again nothing is changing all we do is talk & fell sorry for those poor Eritrean soul if you want to kill a snake you have to hit his head if not he will survive and we have to hit the snake head of DIA and everything will be fine.
    RIP my brothers & sisters.

    • FAILED STATE August 23, 2014

      Hakim ,

      It is not fair to blame us for doing nothing ,Have you not watched Bologna. Everywhere where PFDJ is having Guayla we arwe demonstrating ,because guayla is # 1 enemy of Eritrean people.It iws the “only means” to overthrow Isaias.I am sure he gets at least $1ooo dollars (thousand dollars) from every guayla.

      • Hakim August 23, 2014

        Failed State
        Stopping guayla is not going to change anything & they will never stop from having it people go there to show off their faces so they can pretend to be supporters of DIA if they don’t go there they are afraid people will label them as opposition or Weyane. We have to take drastic measure to end this suffering. We all become selfish & opportunities what happen to all our hero during the struggle who sacrifice so much for us did they became part of the problem I beg them to wake up for the sake of our next generation.

        • DEATH IN VAIN August 24, 2014

          Hakim ,

          I think failed state is being sarcastic to make a brilliant point.

      • sahle August 24, 2014

        Hakim, you really need a Hakim ( doctor)

  • andinet hizbay August 23, 2014

    dear fellow brothers and sisters, what do u expect from a fake revolution waged against our brothers ; ethiopians ,we died for the cause of arabs,
    i strongly believe the solution for our problem lies on the these
    first lets admit that we are tigrians not the fake hizibe tigrigna
    second lets admit that the revolution is fake ,we waged a proxy war for arabs against our interest
    third lets ask the help of ethiopia to remove shabia
    fourth lets unite back with our mother land ethiopia ,if the muslims or lowlanders dont want unity with ethiopia ,the durable silution is the partion of the land to sudan and ethiopia, because the cost of maintaining this fake state is what we are witnessing on daily basia on the life of our people, slavery ,poverty,death at sea and on the desert, in short all the tragedy taking place at home or abroad.

    • ahmed saleh August 23, 2014

      Andnet
      Cowards blame the revolution wich gave them ownership of they country
      but afraid to take the task of ongoing
      responsibility .

      • ahmed saleh August 23, 2014

        Andnet abay Ethiopia
        I see unionists who praise you by
        giving high grade of support.

    • sahle August 24, 2014

      Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! very funny…unfortunately only agames dream of that…

    • Eritreawit August 24, 2014

      andinet hizbay–

      That is how you pay Shabia for helping you to get power in 4 killo? don’t deny it now i’m an eye witness, LOL. By the way there is no shabia, either they are dead in prison or living with sadness, that they brought a killer dictator from the gotter to thier precious Eritrea, the tirant killed most for our brothers and isters since 1973, he gave badme to weyane in exchange for helping him illiminate any compition by killing Eritreans. Now Weyane need to help Eritrean people to get rid of this criminal regime, that way you pay your debt for helping you to get power in Ethiopia. ok.

      • Wedi Sengal August 24, 2014

        Eritreawit,
        Please grow up fast for your own good and don’t continue to be ‘Tsemam hade derfu’ old politician. In short, you simply get what you deserve in life. Your out of date ‘you scratch my back and I scratch yours’ shit is gone forever and is replaced by globalization in which of common views, product, wealth, ideas, and other aspects of culture is shared among international people. Shabia/ EPLF and TPLF helped each other to get rid of a common enemy which was the Derg successfully but that is now all history.

      • DEATH IN VAIN August 24, 2014

        Eritreawit ,

        You and I do not see eye to eye in our comments ,however I see intelligent reasonning in your articulate comments.Please do not resort to the you wish childish..because you hsave the ability ti defend your position..even if I may or may not agree with that position .
        I mean it ,let people say what they want ,let your reasonnoning shine over their comments.

        my respect
        cow face

  • ahmed saleh August 23, 2014

    If we couldn’t recognize the evil side in
    Eritrean environment , we will stay victims of it’s various atrocity .
    To close your eyes and to impair your
    hearing purposely is the main cause
    in failing the country and our people.
    Again to kill the evil for the sake of
    people’s safety is honorably blessed than the sin silent reaction .
    God bless Wedi Ali and his comrades.

  • the coward hero August 23, 2014

    assena , bejakhum selamawi selfi ngber kulugize.hazine ane

    • m August 25, 2014

      what are you doing only ”selamawi selfi” help nothing, cowerd be man go fight the dictator to be free

      • selamawit2 August 25, 2014

        RIP brothers and sisters.

        (“m”, “coward hero” is teh one with mutiple cyber names and he is laughing on the victims of these tragedies. He feels nothing for them. don’t get fooled.)

  • Mesinas August 24, 2014

    ባሕሪ ግደፍ’ባ!

    ባሕሪ ግደፍ’ባ ከም ሰብ ኣይትጨክን
    ዘርኢ ኤርትራና ብከንቱ ኣይተምክን
    ኣደና ኣሪጋ ክትሓን ክትበክን
    ካብ ህግደፍ ከፊእካያ ስርዓት ራዕድን ምልክን!

    ክሳዕ እዚ ግዜ ዳግም ንቕይሮ
    ነዚ ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ስቓይ ዝመረሮ
    ድንድል’ባ ኩኖ ናብ ራህዋ ዘስግሮ
    ኣይትጨክን ባሕሪ ኣርእዮ *ሰሃሮ! *ሓልዮት

    ኣይትቕዘፎም’ወ ዕሸላት ኣሕዋተይ
    ኣመና ኣሕሲርካዮ ሰብኣዊ ክብረተይ
    ሬሳ ቀይርካኒ ኣነ ምስ ህይወተይ
    ይኣክል ዘይብል ጥፍኣት ውጹዕ ህዝበይ!

    ኣብቶም ሳዕሳዕቲሲ ደሰቕቲ ከበሮ
    ሰብኣውነት የለን *ሂሩት ናይ ተፈጥሮ *ለውሃት
    ኣባይና ኣሊና ሽግር ከነሕጽሮ
    ህግደፍ ዘደቀሶ ከነባርብሮ
    ወጋሕታ ምቕራቡ ዓው ኢልና ንምከሮ!

    ጽንዓትን ኣኻእሎን ንኹሎም መቕርብ ግዳያት ይሃብ ልዑል ፈጣሪ!

  • Robi August 24, 2014

    Hi kuburat mechem ezi nay bahri mthal hadega merakib lomis kab mbzae ztelaele knlemamedo jemirina? Mealtawi koinu mother eritrawuyan msh? Emo kea deki dkatat, deki Akale snkulan jeganuna,deki Swuatna yehwatinan abotatina? Deki Hgdef kea ab hagosin gaylan? Dehan ajokum kfdey eyu ezi Hne, b selam zeykones dem tefasisina ena Hagerna eritrea knrkeba ezi dem mfisas kea ruhuk aykonen. Wala eritrea Mokadesho,Syria tkun not gziu gn ms merahti Hgdef Demawi kunat kngebir ab wushti eritrea mdlawatina netsafif alena. Weylikin ms Hgdef tetsegiekin ztsenahkin degeftin tekamertin? Hji meetewikin dleya ente nhna deleyti fthi emo kalsina be zereba zeykones be kunat dem tefasisina ena knrekiba Hagerna kabzi zkefie welehanti kmetsena zkiel yelen kab diablos Tembenay Issayas afwerki.Hji gn fekera tray zeykones ab kdmi aynkin ktrioo ekin barie Sewura deleyti fthi. Men ykefio men ytiemo kea kreay eyu wala hager nab hamukshti tkeyer kab Hgdef beynu znebra tetehahizina kntehanakot ena kem Libia.yehwatina endamotu Hgdef zeratitelu ms degeftin seatu akilu eyu gziu gize kunat eyu hji kulu hade eyu niuu Hzbina kabza zelewa tkefie yelan mot nferhalu gize abkiu. Hji mother zeytenkefom degeftin Hgdef yfrhu ember. Husur seab meten nebsu eyu zehsreka be senki ezi guhaf merahi Hatela Tarik Hzbina tewaridu.ktkulisa eka bumba china lomi zemen emrika hatsir eyu sedyaka tenekanika eya anta Belae seab.

  • jgna August 24, 2014

    Woyane can easily remove DIA but do not want to shoulder the responsibility of stabilizing a post-esayas Eritrea. That will destruct Ethiopia from its focus (fighting poverty and also “friends” of isyayas like GIMO7). Also the Eritrean opposition are highly divided. So, for Woynae, how to organize the opposition and form a new government is more difficult than removing DIA. Weyane needs a cooperated and strong green-light from most Eritreans, if it has to do the job. Anyway, one day, it is going to be a must. We can not simply observe while our eritrean brothers and sisters are suffering a lot. The international community (the 5 supper powers) shall also give a go ahead green light. Otherwise, weyane is very careful about the delicate international diplomacy. They are not foolish like isayas.

  • Wedi-Hagher August 24, 2014

    “The majority guerrillas were dumber than a pole & fought for a land that never excisted as a country except as administration of fashists.Not only did the Tegadeltis die for nothing, they died to make us ABEEDS.”

    DEATH IN VAIN

    Are you saying your country Ethiopia always existed (three thousand years of lies) as a country while Eritrea did not ?
    Are you saying we should feel ashamed of being an Italian colony, while you take pride in having been a country ruled by bloody warlords hired by British colonialists ?

  • Dan August 25, 2014

    ሽግር ኤርትራ ኪውዳእ እንተኮይኑ ንኢሰያስ ምቅባጽ ኢዩ ኤርትራ ብጀካ ኢሰያስ ጸላኢ የብላን::

  • hureya August 25, 2014

    please guys lets wake up
    stop the hear killing speech such andenet speech he is i think the turnover of HILESELASA
    at least we are enough to learn from our fault done on our history
    still there is uncleaned backbencher thought leaders with z doctrine of Ethiopia
    shame on such mengless thought to sap rate metahit from kebesa
    if such people like to unite with Ethiopia the have to leave our land now
    its open the way for that but
    on post DIA Eritrea is a land of peace for the peace lover and pride people for ever with out any
    no way to unite with agama and amahara for ever
    Eritrawi aykunkun zebel behiju edu hafe abelu festalun meshmaun hizu yeta ala

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