2014 Malta migrant shipwreck
Ship that sank off the coast of Malta, killing around 500
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For another migrant shipwreck in September 2014, see
2014 Libya migrant shipwreck
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In September 2014, it was announced by the International Organization for Migration that a ship sank off the Malta coast on September 11, 2014, killing around 500 migrants. [1] [2] There were eleven survivors. [3] [4] The ship left Damietta , Egypt , on September 6 and sank five days later on September 11. Two Palestinian survivors of the wreck accuse the traffickers of intentionally sinking the vessel after the refugees would not agree to transfer to a different ship. [5]
See also
- Timeline of the European migrant crisis
- Doaa Al Zamel (one of the eleven survivors)
References
- ↑ "More than 200 feared dead after migrant boat sinks off Libyan coast" . The Daily Telegraph . 15 September 2014 . Retrieved 15 September 2014 .
- ↑ "Malta boat sinking 'leaves 500 dead' - IOM" . BBC News. 15 September 2014 . Retrieved 15 September 2014 .
- ↑ " 'I had a feeling of death before me': A refugee's survival story of 4 days floating at sea" . Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 31 March 2017.
- ↑ Solel, Hannah (2017-01-20). "A Hope More Powerful than the Sea by Melissa Fleming — on the refugee crisis" . Financial Times . Retrieved 2022-08-21 .
- ↑ "500 Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Sinks Off Malta" . NBC . 15 September 2014 . Retrieved 15 September 2014 .
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