The death of Mostly Eritrean and Somali Migrants In Italian sea - Comments

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This is so wicked..

It's not a blame game these are facts...
FROM SISTER M . R

"Totally agree with you. I live in Italy and this choreographed "line of honour" only came about after the Pope described what took place as disgusting. The Catholic Church rules." Racism is very overt here and sadly, I am not surprised or doubt that these "migrants" were treated like animals. I'm more than angry about what happened and I'm also angry at those greedy, sinful individuals in Africa who make a business out of selling tickets on such vessels containing people who are desperate - the conditions that they travel in are horrific. These traffickers are also well aware that as black migrants, they will not be treated in a humane way when they arrive at the South Italian coast.

COMMENT MADE BY A SISTER LIVING IN ITALY JANE G .
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Italy Boat Sinking: Loads Of Migrants Die Off Lampedusa

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At least 94 people have died after a boat carrying African migrants sank off the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the island's mayor says.  More than 150 have been rescued but about 200 are missing, officials say.  Passengers reportedly threw themselves into
the sea as the vessel got into trouble and Italian officials were quoted as saying that dozens of people were still in the water.  Most of those on board were from Eritrea and Somalia, said the UNHCR. The boat was believed to have sailed from Libya, the Italian coast guard said.
Earlier this week, 13 migrants drowned while trying to reach Sicily.

'Sunk Nigerian Boat Was Carrying Trafficked Migrants' - Survivors

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A boat that sank off the Nigerian coast with up to 166 people on board, killing at least 45, was carrying illegal immigrants being trafficked to Gabon, survivors interviewed by Reuters said on Wednesday.

Nigerian authorities were still searching for survivors from a wooden boat that sank on Friday some 40 nautical miles offshore on its way from Oron, in Cross Rivers state, to Gabon.

Vincent Aquah, director of the Cross Rivers State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), told a news conference that a rescue operation had recovered 27 people so far.