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.
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