Posted on 06/17/2023 5:10:46 PM PDT by CFW
Up to 500 people are still missing from a migrant boat that sank off Greece, the UN human rights office says.
Large numbers of women and children were among those missing in the "horrific tragedy" that left 78 people dead, said spokesman Jeremy Laurence.
The appalling loss of life underscored the need to bring people smugglers to justice, he added.
But it also made clear that search and rescue at sea was a "legal and humanitarian imperative".
In a joint statement with the International Organization for Migration, the refugee agency said any search and rescue action had to be conducted to prevent loss of life.
Since the fishing boat carrying up to 750 people went down 50 nautical miles off Pylos in southern Greece, the role of the coastguard has come under increasing scrutiny.
Greece's caretaker prime minister, Ioannis Sarmas, said a "thorough investigation of the real facts and technical judgements" would take place to determine what had caused the boat to sink.
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How would they know that? I suspect the vast majority were fighting-age men.
Fishing boats aren’t built to hold 750 people. Of course, they’re trying to blame the Greek coast guard for tying a rope and pulling the packed vessel instead of blaming the crew for allowing that many on board.
“How would they know that? I suspect the vast majority were fighting-age men.”
Of course. But the media wants you envision 500 young women and toddlers tragically dying at sea due to no fault of their own.
Every picture the corporate news publishes regarding illegal aliens is accompanied by a picture of a beautiful young woman and her adorable two children. It is supposed to pull at your heartstrings and make you think of how cruel the evil conservatives are in not wanting to take them in and care for them.
If they stayed home they’d still be alive.
Anyone caught smuggling should be summarily executed.
I see the tort lawyers have already moved in.
Sharks have to eat, too.
There’s gotta be tons of bodies in the Mediterranean Sea. I mean, think of all the ancient battles and trade routes that happened there.
Uh huh. “Migrant boat disaster: women and children hardest hit.” Right.
“There’s gotta be tons of bodies in the Mediterranean Sea. I mean, think of all the ancient battles and trade routes that happened there.”
Obviously. However, these people were all in one spot, were tossed into the ocean at the same time, and if any survived should be located in a relatively small area.
Of course, if it was shark feeding time they could have all disappeared pretty quickly.
I hate to sound callous, but if these people had stayed in their own homes and banded together to improve conditions in their towns rather than travel somewhere else to ask that others provide for them, they would still be alive. They put not only themselves but their own children at risk of all types of harm.
tough and chewy ... pink and gooey ...mmmm mmmm good.
ya I went there ....
“Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms”
“Greece boat disaster”
Not a Greek boat. Not in Greece waters. Not captained by a Greek.
International Organization for Migration, the murderer of 500 people.
It’s all so very sad, but these sinking boat tragedies have been going on ever since we bombed Libya. Thousands have lost their lives by now, but many more thousands have made their way from Africa to Europe over the Med out of Libyan ports. The Desert Queen used to interdict human smuggling, but we put a stop to that. Hillary (cackling): “We came, we saw, he died.”
So, avoid crabs and other seafoods from the Med for a while ... based on their likely diet?
Why is Greece responsible for a non-seaworthy boat fifty miles off its coast?! God Bless Them for performing search and rescue but it doesn't look good. And no word on where this vessel originated from.
How is that going to be determined? The boat is gone!
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