Such desperation as the passengers must have heard about other disastrous journeys by sea.
33 bodies recovered as Egypt migrant boat raised, taking toll to 202
World
Tue, 27/09/2016 - 16:25
Author:
DPA
Relatives of missing persons of a capsized boat gather as they wait for rescue workers, at the port city of Rosetta, some 250km north of Cairo, Egypt, 21 September 2016.
Photograph: EPA/MAHMOUD TAHA EGYPT OUT
Some 33 bodies were recovered on Tuesday when Egyptian authorities raised the wreck of a migrant boat that sunk off the country's north coast last week, a Health Ministry official said.
The grim discovery takes the total toll of the shipwreck to 202, according to figures provided by ministry spokesman Khaled Mogahed.
The tragedy has stirred debate in Egypt about the poor economic prospects that have led mainly young men to risk their lives on dangerous illegal sea crossings to Europe.
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33 bodies recovered as Egypt migrant boat raised, taking toll to 202?
33 bodies recovered as Egypt migrant boat raised, taking toll to 202
World
Tue, 27/09/2016 - 16:25
Author:
DPA
Relatives of missing persons of a capsized boat gather as they wait for rescue workers, at the port city of Rosetta, some 250km north of Cairo, Egypt, 21 September 2016.
Photograph: EPA/MAHMOUD TAHA EGYPT OUT
Some 33 bodies were recovered on Tuesday when Egyptian authorities raised the wreck of a migrant boat that sunk off the country's north coast last week, a Health Ministry official said.
The grim discovery takes the total toll of the shipwreck to 202, according to figures provided by ministry spokesman Khaled Mogahed.
The tragedy has stirred debate in Egypt about the poor economic prospects that have led mainly young men to risk their lives on dangerous illegal sea crossings to Europe.
Continue reading at:
33 bodies recovered as Egypt migrant boat raised, taking toll to 202?
