{"id":1701,"date":"2015-05-05T15:17:37","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T15:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/?p=1701"},"modified":"2015-05-05T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T15:18:14","slug":"dozens-die-as-migrant-boat-sinks-in-mediterranean-5-may-2015-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitederitreamedia.com\/blog12\/2015\/05\/05\/dozens-die-as-migrant-boat-sinks-in-mediterranean-5-may-2015-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Dozens die&#8217; as migrant boat sinks in Mediterranean  5 May 2015 -BBC NEWS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption lead\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/660\/media\/images\/82777000\/jpg\/_82777208_de27-1.jpg\" alt=\"Rescued migrants in Catania, Sicily. Photo: 5 May 2015\" width=\"341\" height=\"192\" \/><figcaption class=\"media-caption\">\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"pullout mini-hyper\">\n<div class=\"pullout-inner\">\u00a0Some survivors said there were as many as 137 people aboard an inflatable boat<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying an estimated 137 people sank south of Sicily, Save the Children says.<\/p>\n<p>The aid group says survivors reported up to 40 people fell into the sea as a rescue vessel was approaching.<\/p>\n<p>The survivors arrived in the city of Catania on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>At least 1,750 people have died this year trying to cross the Mediterranean, a 20-fold increase on the same period in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Giovanna di Benedetto, Save the Children&#8217;s representative in Catania, said the latest sinking is thought to have happened on Sunday, but the exact toll was not known.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">&#8216;Overboard&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>&#8220;They [survivors] said there were 137 people aboard an inflatable boat that deflated or exploded &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t clear &#8211; and that some of them fell overboard,&#8221; Ms di Benedetto told AFP news agency.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-image-replace\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/media\/images\/82777000\/jpg\/_82777246_027064991-1.jpg\" alt=\"The coffin containing the body of a dead migrant from a merchant ship is put in a car after arriving at the Sicilian harbour of Catania, southern Italy, on 5 May 2015\" width=\"249\" height=\"140\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"media-landscape full-width has-caption\"><figcaption class=\"media-caption\"><span class=\"media-caption__text\">Survivors say dozens of people fell into the sea and drowned because they could not swim<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Some said &#8216;very many&#8217; died, others said &#8216;around 40&#8217;,&#8221; she added. The survivors were picked up by a Maltese merchant ship.<\/p>\n<p>About 100 people were found on a second boat, with no deaths reported, the aid agency added.<\/p>\n<p>The number of migrants attempting to make the perilous journey across the Mediterranean has risen in recent weeks as smugglers take advantage of fair weather.<\/p>\n<p>In the past three days about 7,000 people have been rescued and 10 bodies recovered off the Libyan coast, according to the Italian coastguard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"82706108\" class=\"media-placeholder narrative-video-placeholder enabled\" data-media-type=\"video\" data-media-meta=\"{&quot;duration&quot;:&quot;PT4M2S&quot;,&quot;available&quot;:true,&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;height&quot;:360,&quot;width&quot;:640,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/news.bbcimg.co.uk\\\/media\\\/images\\\/82704000\\\/jpg\\\/_82704790_82704789.jpg&quot;,&quot;altText&quot;:&quot;Migrants picked off the coast of Leros, Greece&quot;,&quot;copyrightHolder&quot;:&quot;BBC&quot;,&quot;originCode&quot;:&quot;mcs&quot;},&quot;mimeType&quot;:&quot;application\\\/xml&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/playlists.bbc.co.uk\\\/news\\\/world-europe-32553293A\\\/playlist.sxml&quot;,&quot;externalId&quot;:&quot;p02qf4jn&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The majority of the migrants rescued by the Greek coastguard come from African countries and Syria.&quot;,&quot;guidance&quot;:&quot;This video contains some disturbing images&quot;,&quot;allowOffSiteEmbedding&quot;:false,&quot;live&quot;:false,&quot;entityType&quot;:&quot;Version&quot;,&quot;durationInSeconds&quot;:242}\">\n<figure class=\"media-item default-player has-caption undefined\">\n<div id=\"media-82706108\" class=\"media-container media-wrapper\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"media-caption undefined\"><span class=\"off-screen\">Media caption<\/span><span class=\"media-caption__text\">The majority of the migrants rescued by the Greek coastguard come from African countries and Syria.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Italian and French ships picked up survivors from wooden and rubber boats on at least 17 separate operations.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile Turkey&#8217;s coastguard on Tuesday said it had rescued more than 600 people trying to cross the Aegean Sea in the past week, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n<p>More than 400 were men, women and children fleeing Syria, while the rest came from Iraq, Afghanistan, Myanmar (also known as Burma) and various African countries, the office of the Izmir provincial governor is quoted as saying.<\/p>\n<p>The latest deaths come as naval chiefs from 26 European countries are due to discuss the migrant crisis at talks in Naples, southern Italy.<\/p>\n<p>EU nations agreed last month to triple funding for rescue operations run by European border agency Frontex, contribute more boats and patrol aircraft for rescue efforts, and look at ways to target smugglers&#8217; boats with military strikes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Some survivors said there were as many as 137 people aboard an inflatable boat Dozens of migrants have drowned in the Mediterranean after a boat carrying an estimated 137 people sank south of Sicily, Save the Children says. 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