*First Published on 49 Arab News MALAKASA/KALAMATA: Survivors of a boat disaster that likely killed hundreds of migrants near Greece have given accounts of traffickers in North Africa cramming them into a clapped-out fishing trawler. They recounted hellish conditions above and below deck, with no food or water. Some also said the tragic end, when it came,…
*First Published on Lighthouse Reports Greece tries to cover up its own role in the Pylos shipwreck by tampering with evidence On the night of 13 June, a vessel carrying around 750 men, women and children mainly from Pakistan, Egypt and Syria capsized in the Central Mediterranean, in Greek waters. The Greek authorities had been aware of…
Families of those on board recall the heartbreaking farewells they shared as hopes of finding any more survivors vanish. By Moira Lavelle and Vedat Yeler *First Published on Al Jazeera Naeem Afridi last spoke to his brother, Hameedullah, on June 12 as he was travelling on a boat from Libya headed to Europe. “Hameedullah told me ‘Don’t worry. I’m just…
*First Published on Refugees Platform in Egypt Refugees Platform in Egypt (RPE) is in full solidarity with the families of the victims and the missing in the shipwreck off the Greek coast, and we call on the Egyptian government to intervene urgently and take immediate measures to support the families of the missing Egyptians and provide them…
*First Published on The Guardian Disparity between rescue responses has sparked debate in Pakistan about double standards Anees Majeed, who lost five relatives in the boat that sank off Greece on 14 June, watched in disbelief and growing anger as a frantic, multimillion-dollar rescue effort played out for five other men lost at sea last week. Like thousands of…
*First Puplished on MadaMasr An Egyptian fishing trawler, navigated by inexperienced migrants departing from the shores of eastern Libya for a new life in Italy, got lost in the sea within a day of setting sail. A hundred people were on the deck. But the majority of the over 700 migrants were locked downstairs in the “fridge.”…
*First Published on CNN By Sophia Saifi, Immad Uddin and Rhea Mogul, CNN Bandali, Pakistan-administered KashmirCNN — An air of melancholy engulfs the small village of Bandali in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, where hopes are fading fast for nearly two dozen residents who went abroad in search of a better life and have since disappeared. Families fight back tears as they yearn to hear what…
Authorities in Pakistan say at least 124 Pakistanis were on a boat that sank off Greece with hundreds feared drowned. By Abid Hussain *First Published on Al Jazeera Islamabad, Pakistan – Two of Abid Kashmiri’s family members were on board the refugee-filled vessel that capsized off the coast of Greece last week. A cousin, Imran Nazir, and nephew, Abdul Islam, travelled…
The former colonial powers are feeding the very causes of regional, social and economic instability that create these refugee flows *First Published on Middle East Eye by David Hearst rotesque though it may seem, what happened last week when anything up to 500 men women and children drowned off the coast of Pylos in Greece was just another day…
*First Published on InfoMigrants Information for relatives and friends of missing persons The fishing boat that left Tobruk, Libya on June 10 and sank off Pylos in southern Greece on June 14 is thought to have been carrying between 400 and 800 people. As of Wednesday (June 21), the bodies of 82 deceased persons had been recovered…
