Dozens of migrants are feared dead after a boat they were traveling in deflated, causing them to drown in the Mediterranean sea.
The incident occurred just as a rescue vessel was approaching the boat, BBC reports.
One of the migrants who survived, Astoy Fall Dia
from Senegal, recounted her ordeal to newsmen. She stated that she
heard a loud noise that sounded like an explosion before the boat began
to sink, just near the rescue vessel.
“There
was the big ship there and they threw down ropes, someone grabbed on to
the rope, all the other people started pushing to try to save
themselves but then people started falling in the water,” she said.
She explained that she managed to survive because she knew how to swim and stayed close to the dinghy.
So far, ten bodies have been recovered.
CNN
reports that “as of mid-April, more than 1,700 people had died or gone
missing this year in the sea that touches Europe, North Africa and the
Middle East.”
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