African Migrants: Over 950 Died In The Sea Trying To Travel To Europe For Greener Pastures

Posted by: lukwago J in World news April 21, 2015

The rescuers from Greece dragged hundreds of drowning African migrants from capsized ship after more than 950 die in three adversities in just 24 hours.

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A ship which was carrying approximately 950 African migrants overturned off Libya when its passengers sat on one side, unfortunately the ship lost balance. Some 300 migrants died like rats in a cage after being locked in the vessel frame by human smugglers.

These African migrants where looking for greener pastures!

The European leaders call an emmergency summit to try to find a possible solutions on how to handle crisis while the Italian prosecuters are carrying out investigations, they think that the vessel might have overturned after colliding with merchant ship.

The Prime Minister for Malta Joseph Muscat called for the European Union to resume rescue operations and deal with the problem in Libya which allows smugglers to charge African migrants thousands of euros for taking them to Europe and promising them greener pastures .

However he estimated that these criminal gang must have made between one million and five million euros
The British prime minister, David Cameron called it “a dark day for Europe”, he added “We should directly blame the criminal human traffickers who are the promoting, managing, and selling this trade in human life.”

Mr Muscat said,”we now have a failed state nearby and criminal gangs are having a good delightful moment.” He added,” the United Nations should endorse a force to intercede in Libya directly for the purpose to attack or distort traffickers and cease their boats from setting-off.

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