New dangerous tactics of migrant smugglers Last updated: 2 January 2015 Migrants journeying by sea to Europe from the Middle East and North Africa are facing alarming new dangers. Ships packed with refugees are abandoned and left to drift to their fate off the coast of Europe. Migrants making the journey by sea to Europe from the Middle East and North Africa are facing alarming new dangers. Suspected traffickers are being accused of abandoning ships in rough seas. The European Unions border control agency, Frontex, has reported six such incidents since the beginning of December. The agency took the lead in search and rescue missions from Italy in November. In one of the latest incident, the Blue Sky M cargo ship, under a Moldovan flag, was abandoned by its crew with almost 1,000 people on board. The rudder was reportedly jammed, with the packed vessel set on a collision-course with the Italian shore. In another development, the Icelandic coastguard, operating as part of Frontexs Operation Triton, rescued a one-time livestock freighter carrying 450 migrants. More info on the link m.aljazeera/story/201512192492996
Posted on: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 02:10:00 +0000
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