(July 10, 2012, Al Jazeera)--Fifty-four people trying to reach Italy from Libya have died of
thirst after a 15-day voyage in which their rubber boat gradually
deflated, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has said, citing the
sole survivor.
The agency said on Tuesday that the only survivor, an Eritrean
national, was rescued by the Tunisian coastguard in a state of advanced
dehydration and clinging to the remains of the boat after being spotted by fishermen the previous night. The Eritrean said that he left Libya towards the end of June as part of a 55-strong group, half of whom came from Eritrea.
"He told us that there were immediately problems on the boat, that unfortunately they weren't even allowed to take a bottle of water and so once they got lost and the voyage went on, people started to feel unwell and die because of the lack of water," Laura Boldrini, a UN spokeswoman, told reporters. Read more from Al Jazeera »
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| The migrants had been trying to reach Italy (AFP/File, Filippo Monteforte) |
"He told us that there were immediately problems on the boat, that unfortunately they weren't even allowed to take a bottle of water and so once they got lost and the voyage went on, people started to feel unwell and die because of the lack of water," Laura Boldrini, a UN spokeswoman, told reporters. Read more from Al Jazeera »
Related topics:
Video: African migrants 'tortured in Sinai'
Egypt Detains 68 Eritreans and Ethiopians Trying To Enter Israel
አርባ አምስት ኢትዮጵያውያን ታንዛንያ ውስጥ ሞተው ተገኙ
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